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Redistricting out of lawmakers’ hands

By Bill Silverfarb
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
With census figures out, the state
is moving quickly to redraw district
lines for Assembly, state Senate and
Congress in a way it has never done
it before — a way meant to protect
the public’s interest rather than a
powerful incumbent’s seat.
In decades past, the lines were
redrawn by the state Legislature and
governor but this year the lines will
be redrawn by the Citizens
Citizens group tasked with redrawing legislative districts
Redistricting Commission, a panel
of 14 comprised of five Democrats,
five Republicans and four not affili-
ated with any party.
The old way of redistricting, said
Fred Keeley, was characterized as
being an “incumbent protection pro-
gram.”
Keeley was the former speaker
pro tem of the Assembly serving
Santa Cruz and Monterey counties
from 1996 to 2002 and voted released, lines time but then county supervisor
against a redistricting bill the were redrawn in Mike Nevin had taken an interest in
Legislature passed in 2001 that dic- this county for running for it.
tates current district lines across the the Assembly Sacramento deal-making, howev-
state. District 19 seat er, caused legislators to exclude the
Thursday, he spoke at an event in that caused home of Nevin after the 2000
Burlingame where he told a packed some controver- Census from Assembly District 19,
room of attendees that the old way sy locally. preventing him from challenging
of redistricting “was about legisla- The seat was
tors picking their voters.” held by Lou
Mike Nevin See DISTRICTS, Page 19
After 2000 census data was Papan at the

KLEPTO KITTY
Council vote:
Sheriff will
patrol HMB
By Bill Silverfarb Saturday’s meet-
ing before call-
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
ing the vote to
In an emotional vote, the Half gain her compo-
Moon Bay City Council unanimous- sure, she said.
ly approved contracting out police The council
services to the San Mateo County also voted
Sheriff’s Office to save the city Saturday to out-
about $510,000 annually. source parks and
The 5-0 vote took place in a spe- Naomi Patridge recreation serv-
cial meeting Saturday. ices to the city of
“I knew all along we would have San Carlos to save about $185,000
to outsource police,” Mayor Naomi annually.
Patridge told the Daily Journal Half Moon Bay faces a $1 million
Sunday. “It was very emotional for ongoing structural deficit and a
me.”
Patridge had to take a break from See POLICE, Page 6
TOM JUNG/DAILY JOURNAL
Dusty the famous “Klepto Cat,”still in his prison clothing,serves hard time at a weekend charity event.Dusty,as
and owner Jean Chu,took part in the Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA’s April 3 fashion show/luncheon at the
Westin San Francisco Airport Hotel in Millbrae.All funds raised during the show benefit PHS/SPCA’s Hope Pro-
gram, which enables the shelter to treat animals with medical or behavioral issues and place them into new
loving homes.To date,Dusty has stolen over 600 items from unsuspecting neighbors.
Supervisor hopefuls
City preps for fight with state
tackle health issues
By Michelle Durand
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Foster City moves to protect affordable housing units San Mateo County’s economic
By Bill Silverfarb The council will vote Monday lation to disband all redevelopment health is square on the minds of six
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT whether to authorize the conveyance agencies in the state by July 1 to candidates hoping to join the Board
of six parcels representing eight help solve a $26 billion state deficit. of Supervisors but that doesn’t mean
Foster City is moving to protect affordable housing units from the If the Legislature approves there isn’t room for thoughts of
some affordable housing units pur- Community Development Agency Assembly Bill 101, the state con- actual well-being, too.
chased with Redevelopment Agency back to the city. troller would be empowered to Health care on the county level is
money that could ultimately lead to The move is being made now in
a legal showdown with the state. case state lawmakers approve legis- See FIGHT, Page 19 See HEALTH, Page 27
2 Monday • April 4, 2011 FOR THE RECORD THE DAILY JOURNAL

Quote of the Day Snapshot Inside

“The only spare part you actually come with State budget
is a kidney.It’s ours to keep or give away.I GOP wish-list a
decided to give it away.” byproduct of
frustration
— Bobbi Fagone of Belmont
“Swapping kidneys: Giving the gift of life to a stranger,” See page 4
page 5

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In 1859, “Dixie” was performed publicly for the first time by
The Daily Derby race winners are California Clas- Bryant’s Minstrels at Mechanics’ Hall in New York.
sic, No. 5, in first place; Winning Spirit, No. 9, in In 1949, 12 nations, including the United States, signed the
second place; and Gold Rush, No. 01 in third North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C. Poet Maya Actor Robert Actress Jamie
place.The race time was clocked at 1:40.33. In 1960, Elvis Presley recorded “Are You Lonesome Angelou is 83. Downey Jr.is 46. Lynn Spears is 20.
Tonight?” in Nashville for RCA Victor.
In 1975, more than 130 people, most of them children, were Actress Elizabeth Wilson is 90. Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind.,
State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 killed when a U.S. Air Force transport plane evacuating is 79. Recording executive Clive Davis is 79. Bandleader Hugh
Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Vietnamese orphans crash-landed shortly after take-off from Masekela is 72. Author Kitty Kelley is 69. Actor Craig T.
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Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 mayor of a major U.S. city: San Antonio. is 60. Writer-producer David E. Kelley is 55. Actor Phil Morris
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“goddesses” took the stage to thunder- bunch of ranting,” out.
ous applause Saturday night for the first said Rodney “Tonight’s an experiment,” he said.
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All Rights Reserved. the stage, and the capacity crowd at
Detroit’s 5,100-seat Fox Theatre
FSITH
rebelled before the show ended, chanti-
ng “refund!” and walking out in droves.
Linda Fugate, 47, of the Detroit sub-
ORTDAW urb of Lincoln Park, left the theater and
walked up the street yelling, “I want my
money back!”
WHRNTO She said she paid $150 for two seats.
Now arrange the circled letters “I was hoping for something. I didn’t
to form the surprise answer, as
suggested by the above cartoon. think it would be this bad.”
Sheen’s publicist Larry Solters
Ans: declined to comment after the show, but
(Answers tomorrow) Sheen reappeared after the house lights
Jumbles: POUCH ALONG CRUNCH PIGSTY
Saturday’s
Answer: What one gets when they carpool with someone went up to thank those who remained.
who won’t stop talking — NO “YOU” TURNS Fans who arrived at the theater —
some who had to fly in for the show —
said they were hoping to see the increas-
ingly eccentric actor deliver some of the
colorful rants that have made him an
Internet star since his ugly falling out
with CBS and the producers of “Two
and a Half Men.”
They got the ranting. It just wasn’t
some 3.4 million fol-
lowers, some fans were already predict-
ing a premature end for the planned 20-
city tour, which was scheduled to
resume Sunday in Chicago.
“Charlie Sheen thanks for saying
goodbye! Piece of advice cancel the rest
of your tour,” someone tweeted under
the name ChrstosMo.
The show started well for the 45-year-
old Sheen, with the audience standing
and cheering as he and the women he
calls his “goddesses” took the stage. The
women, a former porn star and an
actress who live with him, carried plac-
ards with the words “War” and “Lock,” a
reference to Sheen’s recent description
of himself as a warlock.
“I don’t see a single empty seat,” he
said.
Not long into the show, though, an
audience member booed, prompting
Sheen to sanguinely reply, “I’ve already
got your money, dude.”
Things only got worse.
Among the low points was when
Sheen screened a short film he wrote,
many fans had left.
Toronto-area resident Ronnie
Prentice, 37, was one of several fans
who arrived at the theater before it
opened Saturday saying they hoped to
see Sheen rant.
“It’s kind of like a NASCAR race.
You’re just tuning in because you’re just
waiting for the accident to happen,” said
Prentice.
Geoff Rezek, 69, a computer consult-
ant from Darien, Conn., flew in from
New York to see what he believed was
going to be “history in the making.”
“I wouldn’t miss the first show. Who
knows if there’s going to be a second
show?” Rezek said, perhaps prophetical-
ly. He also bought a ticket for Sheen’s
show next week in Connecticut.
Sheen has made headlines in recent
years as much for his drug use, failed
marriages, custody disputes and run-ins
with the police, as for his acting. His
father, actor Martin Sheen, has com-
pared his son’s struggle with addiction
to a cancer patient’s struggle for sur-
vival.
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Police reports
Can’t find my way home
A GPS unit was taken from an unlocked
vehicle on the 3300 block of Brittan
Avenue in San Carlos before 6:15 p.m.
Thursday, March 24.
SAN CARLOS
Suspicious person. A transient person was
sleeping in the locker room of a business
and refusing to leave on the 1600 block of
Industrial Road before 2:15 a.m.
Wednesday, March 23.
MENLO PARK
Vandalism. A window of a business was
broken on the 700 block of Laurel Street
before 11:09 a.m. Thursday, March 31.
Drunk driver. A woman was arrested and
released to First Chance for driving while
intoxicated on the 2800 block of Sand Hill
Road before 11:29 p.m. Thursday, March
24.
Auto burglary. A vehicle was broken into
and a backpack was stolen on the 900 block
of Fremont Street before 10:31 a.m.
Wednesday, March 23.
Grand theft. Cash was stolen from the 300
block of Sharon Park Drive before 10:05
p.m. Wednesday, March 23.
Burglary. A large amount of memory cards
was reported stolen from the first block of
Wildwood Place before 10:26 p.m. Tuesday,
March 22.
Petty theft. Fuel was reported to be
siphoned from a vehicle on the 2300 block
of Branner Drive before 9:56 p.m. Tuesday,
March 22.
SAN MATEO
Attempted armed robbery. A man in
Central Park said two men tried to rob him
at knifepoint before 10:52 p.m. Thursday,
March 31.
Residential burglary. A garage was broken
into on the 600 block of Cypress Avenue
before 1:10 p.m. Thursday, March 31.
LOCAL Monday • April 4, 2011 3
The Making of a Book — Broadmoor
I
t’s not often that one gets a chance to see
and follow the progress of a history book
(or any other book for that matter) in the
stages before publication.
A few years ago, I was contacted by an edi-
tor for the Arcadia Publishing Co. I had never PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVID CRAPSE CRIMMEN
heard of the company and an offer to me to Broadmoor Village has an extremely unique place in history.
write a history book of San Bruno was met
School (Class of ’73) and he was offered the musician after leaving high school, and has
with skepticism. Frankly, I couldn’t believe
same opportunity I had been given, but his become very successful at his profession. His
that a large publishing house would want to do
topic was Broadmoor Village, California. schedule made him free during the day when
a book on a small community like San Bruno.
Broadmoor? While teaching in Daly City, I he could make contact with residents and for-
I had published four books by then but I lis-
had taught drivers training and was familiar mer residents as well a government offices.
tened to his pitch nevertheless. Seems Arcadia
with the area but never thought of Broadmoor He’s very articulate with people and I felt that
Publishing had already published over 2,000
as worthy of a history or a history book for was a big plus for interviewing residents, city
local books about East Coast communities so
that matter. Broadmoor is too small to do a office personnel, etc. I thought of all the foot-
they were well established. They, however,
book on. What can you say about a communi- work needed in spite of the Internet help as
have a unique twist to their business. I had to
ty that had hidden boundaries? I never knew photos have to be obtained from many sources
supply more than 200 photos and write infor-
where the community started or stopped while — museums, homes, offices, businesses, etc.
mation on these photos and they would pub-
driving through it many times. My ex-student, The task of publishing a book can be daunt-
lish the book. I was to supply the labor, time
Dave Crapse Crimmen, would really have a ing. It is a full-time hobby or profession at the
and photos but they paid for the publishing
challenge. I emailed him back and offered least. One needs to plunge in and not look
and paid me a small royalty on each book
advice on what to expect, how to get photos back once you’ve started. Notes, notes and
sold. Finding financing for books had proved
and information of residents who have moved more notes accumulate and all of the informa-
difficult for me and I welcomed the chance to
out of the area. The Internet has changed the tion heard or read must be evaluated for its
do it even if I made little money out of it. The
equation of publishing since I did my San authenticity. Think about it. The information
opportunity to write about the Peninsula
Bruno book. Nowadays you can set up a web- may be 100 years old when data was not
always excited me, so I told him to send me
site and get information and contacts from recorded in newspapers or county records, so
more information.
many sources. He told me he had already
I did the book for Arcadia Image of America
begun that phase. Dave, by the way, became a See HISTORY, Page 6
series, San Bruno. It was a lot of work, but it
sold well through Amazon.com and local
book stores. Their formula for publication
opens up a great opportunity for a small com-
munity to get their history published.
In November 2009, I received an email for a
former science student from Westmoor High
4 Monday • April 4, 2011 STATE/LOCAL THE DAILY JOURNAL

Budget list a byproduct of GOP frustration

By Juliet Williams
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SACRAMENTO — When Gov.
Jerry Brown announced last week
that he was ending budget negotia-
tions with Republicans, saying their
demands were too much and came
too late in the process, he rejected a
lengthy list of requests GOP law-
makers wanted in exchange for their
votes.
His rejection had overreached and, in the end, majority party, the Democrats, that Legislature will not approve their
led Republicans failed to get any of the changes to resents having to get Republican bills any other time of the year.
to question employee pensions, business regula- approval to pass the kinds of budgets In the coming week, Brown is
whether the tions and state spending they have it wants. scheduled to press his case with
Democratic gov- desired for years. Republicans have leverage during Californians, and Republican offi-
ernor was seri- As the blame game continues in budget negotiations because any tax cials also plan to make their claims
ous about com- the Capitol, the failure of the budget or fee increase, or any legislative bal- with voters. The governor could seek
promise, as he negotiations highlights a political lot measure, requires a two-thirds union support for a special election
repeatedly has dynamic that has been at the center vote of the Legislature and thus some ballot measure to raise taxes in the
Jerry Brown claimed. But it of the dysfunction in the state GOP support. They say they have to fall, but the way forward to solve the
also gave rise to Legislature — a minority party use that leverage because the remainder of California’s deficit —
criticism that Republican lawmakers embittered by years of losses and a Democrats who control the more than $15 billion — is unclear.

Millbrae’s Scout House to get a facelift

By Heather Murtagh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Over two Saturdays in April, the
aging Millbrae Scout House will get
some new life as a step toward
becoming a renovated youth center
through community partnerships.
Rebuilding Together, a Redwood
City nonprofit that partners with
businesses to rehabilitate communi-
ty organization facilities or the
homes of those in need, selected the
Millbrae Community Youth Center
as a renovation project for Saturdays
April 23 and April 30. With the help
of material donations and volunteers
coordinated with the help of IFMA,
International Facility Management
Association, the Scout House will
have the flooring, interior and exteri-
or paint and lighting updated. In
addition, an entrance ramp will be
installed, said Fundraising Chair
Denis Fama.
With hopes of raising funds for
the rebuild by 2012, Fama described
the Rebuilding Together decision as
a major gift for the effort.
Skilled volunteers and donations
of materials would help get the job
done, said construction captain Greg
KleinSmid.
KleinSmid is looking for a num-
ber of skilled volunteers such as a
commercial plumber, electrician and
landscape architect. For the plumb-
ing, the plans include lowering a uri-
nal and moving a toilet. Lighting
inside could also be replaced to be
more energy efficient. And, although
not part of the requested updates,
KleinSmid would like to add some
new touches to the landscape if pos-
sible.
Plans also call for building an out-
door ramp out of wood. Pressure-
treated wood is needed for the proj-
ect, he said.
The project also requires a num-
ber of items for the bathroom such
as faucet handles, door handles,
wheelchair stall door handle, towel
dispensers and grab bar.
The proposed Millbrae
Community Youth Center, known to
most as the Scout House, was built
in 1954 for $16,000 through a large-
ly volunteer effort, labor and donat-
ed materials. It sits on the school
The proposed Millbrae Community Youth Center, known to most as the
Scout House, was built in 1954 for $16,000 through a largely volunteer
effort,labor and donated materials.
district property on the southeast
corner of Taylor Middle School.
The school district, Lions Club
and city signed an agreement to
raise funds for the renovation by Jan.
1, 2012. Once raised, the money will
SCOTT LENHART/DAILY JOURNAL
be used to make repairs and
upgrades to restore the usefulness of
the structure. The city will then take
over the space as a home for youth-
focused activities.
Another possible partnership
remains in the works.
Daniel Dadoun, executive director
of the Midpeninsula Boys and Girls
Club, previously described the loca-
tion for a great opportunity to pro-
vide a new clubhouse in Millbrae.
Dadoun pointed to a recent partner-
ship with Daly City that resulted in a
larger than anticipated community
center which featured items like
computers because of private dona-
tions. A task force is being formed to
explore the possibility of such a
partnership, Fama said.
For more information about the
Scout House visit www.mcyc.net.
Those interested in helping through
volunteering in April should contact
volunteer captain Wendy Newcomer
at wendynewcomer@sbcglobal.net
or (650) 329-9151. To donate mate-
rials contact Bob Kraiss at
Bob_kraiss@adptco.com or (408)
839-7621.
Heather Murtagh can be reached by e-
mail: heather@smdailyjournal.com or
by phone: (650) 344-5200 ext. 105.

police chiefs and team owners from both cities

State brief
LA, SF city officials condemn
baseball violence
LOS ANGELES — City leaders from Los
Angeles and San Francisco have issued a joint
statement condemning violence among sports
fans after an opening-day attack on a Giants
fan at Dodger Stadium.
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa,
San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee, and
said Sunday that the attack on 42-year-old
Bryan Stow is “unconscionable” and will not
be tolerated in either city.
The officials praised the storied rivalry
between the Dodgers and Giants but called for
“civility” and “common decency.”
They say their prayers are with Stow, who
was badly beaten by two men in the parking
lot Thursday night after a Dodger victory.
Stow is in a medically induced coma at a Los
Angeles hospital. No arrests have been
announced or suspects named.
THE DAILY JOURNAL
Swapping kidneys: Giving the gift of life to a stranger
By Heather Murtagh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Suzi Nelson has had issues with her kidneys
since she was young — creating lifelong chal-
lenges and limitations.
The 70-year-old who grew up in San Mateo
got strep throat as a youngster. Without
Penicillin available, the infection spread to
her kidneys. She’s had
kidney disease ever since.
It was manageable for
years but in 2004, dialysis
became a requirement.
From 2006 until last sum-
mer, Nelson was able to do
the dialysis herself four
times a day.
That changed last sum-
Bobbi Fagone mer when a series of
health issues made the
need for a kidney transplant more imminent.
Her friend, 54-year-old Bobbi Fagone of
Belmont, offered one of hers.
“The only spare part you actually come
with is a kidney. It’s ours to keep or give
away. I decided to give it away,” said Fagone.
Unfortunately, the ladies were not a match.
Nevertheless, Nelson did receive a kidney
transplant Friday. And, on the same day,
Fagone donated one of her kidneys. The
friends were part of a five-way kidney swap
surgery, the first of its kind in California, at
the California Pacific Medical Center in San
Francisco organized through the Kidney
Paired Donation Program. Those donating
don’t actually know the recipients and won’t
meet them until after.
Nationwide, about 80,000 people are await-
ing a kidney transplant. But 40 percent to 50
LOCAL
A weekly look at the people
who shape our community
percent of those willing to donate a kidney to
a friend or relative aren’t matches. Dr. Steven
Katznelson, vice chairman of CPMC’s depart-
ment of transplant and medical director of the
kidney and pancreas transplant program,
modeled the program after one started at John
Hopkins University.
The idea is based on two pairs of people.
Within each pair, the donor and recipient nor-
mally know each other, however are not
matches. By swapping donors, each patient
can get a donated kidney. Finding these new
donor matches is aided through computer
matchmaker software created by a patient
who received a transplant, said Katznelson.
Such a system cuts down on the possible
wait time for those needing a transplant. Often
patients can wait up to five years to get a
cadaver organ donation.
“It’s such a gift of life, such a miraculous
thing,” said Nelson.
Nelson and Fagone met through church.
When Fagone learned her friend needed a kid-
ney, although unaware of the process, she
decided to step up. The pair didn’t match, but
through the pairing system, matches were
found. Fagone’s interest is for her friend to get
a kidney, which will happen through this
Monday • April 4, 2011 5
process.
Life without as many kid-
ney restrictions was odd for
Nelson to think about. She’s
healthy in every other way. It
will give her and her husband
the ability to travel with little
interference to visit their
daughter and grandchildren
who live in Budapest,
Hungary.
After recovering, which is
estimated to take four to six
weeks, Fagone shouldn’t
notice any changes. A short
hospital stay before going
home. Then time to heal
before getting back to life as
usual. Fagone was surprised to
learn there were no restric-
tions to her life after she is
healed.
“It’s a neat thing. I can’t say
everyone should do it, but I
don’t think it’s as scary as it
seems on the surface,” Fagone
said the day before surgery.
Both women hope to meet
their matches down the road,
when everyone has recovered.
To learn more about the
California Pacific Medical
Center Kidney Paired
Donation Program visit
http://www.cpmc.org/kidney/.
Heather Murtagh can be reached
by e-mail: heather@smdailyjour-
nal.com or by phone: (650) 344- Suzi Nelson,seen here with her husband Richard,was part of
5200 ext. 105. a five-way kidney swap.
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Fraser said.

Southwest Airlines: Cracks POLICE Continued from page 1

“As it is sad to give up the identi-
ty of having a local police depart-
ment, economics are forcing this
realization to save money, particu-

found in two more planes

By Bob Christie
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
YUMA, Ariz. — Inspectors have
found small, subsurface cracks in
two more Southwest Airlines planes
that are similar to the cracks that
caused a jetliner to lose pressure and
make a harrowing emergency land-
ing in Arizona, the airline said
Sunday.
The two planes will be evaluated
further and more repairs will be
undertaken before they are returned
to service, Southwest said in a state-
ment.
Nineteen other Boeing 737-300
planes inspected using a special test
developed by the manufacturer
showed no problems and will be
returned to service. Checks on the
remaining 58 jets will take several
more days, the airline said.
That means flight cancelations
will likely continue until the planes
are back in the air. About 600 flights
in all were canceled over the week-
end.
Friday’s flight carrying 118 peo-
ple rapidly lost cabin pressure after
the Boeing 737-300’s fuselage rup-
tured — causing a 5-foot-long tear
— just after takeoff from Phoenix.
Passengers recalled tense minutes
after the hole ruptured overhead
with a blast and they fumbled franti-
cally for oxygen masks. Pilots made
a controlled descent from 34,400
feet into a southwestern Arizona
military base. No one was seriously
injured.
The tear along a riveted “lap joint”
near the roof of the plane above the
midsection shows evidence of exten-
sive cracking that hadn’t been dis-
covered during routine maintenance
before Friday’s flight — and proba-
bly wouldn’t have been unless
mechanics had specifically looked
for it, officials said.
“What we saw with Flight 812
was a new and unknown issue,”
Mike Van de Ven, Southwest execu-
tive vice president and chief operat-
ing officer, said. “Prior to the event
regarding Flight 812, we were in
compliance with the FAA-mandated
and Boeing-recommended structur-
al inspection requirements for that
aircraft.“
Boeing did not immediately
return messages left Sunday.
National Transportation Safety
Board investigators were in Yuma to
oversee the removal of the top sec-
tion of the jetliner’s roof around the
tear. The structure will be sent to
Washington, D.C., for analysis.
NTSB board member Robert
Sumwalt said that the rip was a foot
wide, and that it started along a joint
where two sections of the 737’s skin
are riveted together. An examination
showed extensive pre-existing dam-
age along the entire tear.
failed sales tax on last November’s
ballot, meant to save the police
department, forced the city to look
elsewhere to provide police servic-
es. The city’s total operating costs
are about $10.6 million annually.
Last year, Half Moon Bay spent
$3.5 million on its own police
force. The Sheriff’s Office propos-
es to provide the service next year
for about $2.4 million.
The council weighed two bids for
the service, one with the county and
the other with the city of Pacifica.
Pacifica’s lowest proposal to pro-
vide the service, however, was
about $2.9 million.
“Half Moon Bay is now at the
forefront of the shared services
movement with contracting recre-
ation with the city of San Carlos
and police services with the coun-
ty,” said Councilwoman Marina
Fraser.
With the downward economy it
has forced cities to start to look at
alternatives in how to deliver quali-
ty services to the community,
larly with smaller cities,” Fraser
said.
The Sheriff’s Office recently
took over police services in San
Carlos and patrols Woodside,
Portola Valley and coastal commu-
nities north and south of Half Moon
Bay. In San Carlos, sheriff’s
deputies patrol the city in cars
marked with the city’s decal. That
arrangement could also be the case
in Half Moon Bay, although those
details have yet to be discussed.
Half Moon Bay has suffered a 45
percent reduction in staff since
2005 and already has the lowest
staffing ratios in the county,
according to the city manager’s
office.
The city was also hit with court-
ordered settlement in 2209 related
to the botched Beachwood develop-
ment that is costing it about $1 mil-
lion a year for the next 30 years.
Bill Silverfarb can be reached by e-
mail: silverfarb@smdailyjournal.com
or by phone: (650) 344-5200 ext. 106.

HISTORY
Continued from page 3
you need to become almost a detective to fig-
ure out what is the truth and what has been
made up over the years. I found out while pur-
suing history facts that even the truth is not
always believed and many “heroes” and “his-
torical events” have been distorted by authors
many years later (sometimes hundreds of
years later). Dave has all of this to learn. But
the must important fact he had to think of now
is the “deadline” when all of his information
goes to the press. All photos have to be sent to
the publisher with captions and the book lay-
out ready for publication. Pressure. Lots of
pressure exists. Also Dave found out that
Broadmoor Village, Daly City,
“Unincorporated Colma” and “Incorporated
Colma” was not a simple straight line. It
became almost impossible to keep his sanity.
His book became unique — and I’ve read a lot
of history books — the further I got reading it
after it was published in 2011. It, to me, is
close to a mystery novel. Daly City could be
labeled the “villain” when it became known to
me that it had more than 60 annexations as it
nibbled away at Broadmoor Village’s bound-
aries and land. After a while, one wondered
where is Broadmoor now? It is a complex, a
maze with no straight lines. It is fascinating to
read. It is even more fascinating when you
drive through the area of Broadmoor Village
and try to follow the history of this small com-
munity in northern San Mateo County.
This Arcadia Publishing Co. Images of
America book, Broadmoor Village, by Dave
Crimmen can be purchased at Daly City
museum, Colma Museum, Amazon.com, and
Barnes and Noble for around $22. It’s a good
read.
Rediscovering the Peninsula by Darold Fredricks
appears in the Monday edition of the Daily
Journal.
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GOP 2012 budget cuts
more than $4 trillion
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — A Republican plan for
the 2012 budget would cut more than $4 tril-
lion over the next decade, more than even the
president’s debt commission proposed, with
spending caps as well as changes in the
Medicare and Medicaid health programs, its
principal author said Sunday.
The spending blueprint from Rep. Paul
Ryan, the chairman of the House Budget
Committee, is to be released Tuesday. It deals
with the budget year that begins Oct. 1, not the
current one that is the subject of negotiations
aimed at preventing a partial government shut-
down on Friday.
In an interview with “Fox News Sunday,”
Ryan said budget writers are working out the
2012 numbers with the Congressional Budget
Office, but he said the overall spending reduc-
tions would come to “a lot more” than $4 tril-
lion. The debt commission appointed by
President Barack Obama recommended a plan
that it said would achieve nearly $4 trillion in
deficit reduction.
Ryan said Obama’s call for freezing nonde-
fense discretionary spending actually locks in
spending at high levels. Under the forthcom-
ing GOP plan, Ryan said spending would
return to 2008 levels and thus cut an addition-
al $400 billion over 10 years.
Speaking broadly about the proposal, Ryan
said it would include:
• A “premium support system” for
Medicare. In the future, older people would
choose plans in the marketplace and the gov-
ernment would subsidize those plans. Ryan
said that would differ from the voucher system
he has proposed in the past. Those 55 and
older would remain under the present
Medicare system.
NATION Monday • April 4, 2011 7
Ryan acknowledged that the “premium sup-
port system” would shift more costs to
Medicare recipients, especially what he called
“wealthy seniors.” He did not define at what
level someone would be considered wealthy.
• Block grants to states for Medicaid, the
health program for the poor. Ryan disputed
reports that the plan would seek savings of $1
trillion over 10 years from Medicaid, but
would say only that the details would be in the
plan.
“Medicare and Medicaid spending will go
up every single year under our budget. They
don’t just go up as much as they’re going right
now,” he said.
Ryan said governors have told members of
Congress they want “the freedom to customize
our Medicaid programs. ... We want to get
governors freedom to do that.”
• A statutory cap on actual discretionary
spending as a percentage of the economy.
While Ryan did not specify the amount during
the interview, he said it would be at a lower
level than proposed by Obama and would
return the government to its “historic size.”
• Pro-growth tax changes, including lower
tax rates and broadening the tax base. Ryan
said overhauling taxes would boost the econo-
my. The plan will not propose tax increases.
Ryan was a member of the bipartisan debt
commission but voted against its final recom-
mendations, saying they failed to reduce
spending on health care. The commission also
endorsed tax increases along with painful
spending cuts as necessary to dealing with the
debt problem.
“We’re not going to go down the path of
raising taxes on people and raising taxes on
the economy. We want to go after the source
of the problem, and that is spending,” Ryan
said Sunday.
8 Monday • April 4, 2011
Engineers struggle to stop nuke leak
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TOKYO — Engineers pinned
their hopes on chemicals, sawdust
and shredded newspaper to stop
highly radioactive water pouring
into the ocean from Japan’s tsuna-
mi-ravaged nuclear plant Sunday as
officials said it will take several
months to bring the crisis under
control, the first time they have pro-
vided a timetable.
Concrete already failed to stop the
tainted water spewing from a crack
in a maintenance pit, and the new
mixture did not appear to be work-
ing either, but engineers said they
were not abandoning it.
The Fukushima Da-ichi plant has
been leaking radioactivity since the
March 11 tsunami carved a path of
destruction along Japan’s northeast-
ern coast, killing as many as 25,000
people and knocking out key cool-
ing systems that kept it from over-
heating. People living within 12
miles (20 kilometers) of the plant
Official: Libyan rebels seek democracy
By Ben Hubbard
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BENGHAZI, Libya — Libyan
rebels want to install a parliamentary
democracy in place of longtime ruler
Moammar Gadhafi, one of their top
leaders said Sunday, dismissing
Western fears that their movement
could be hijacked by Islamic extrem-
ists.
“Libyans as a whole — and I am
one of them — want a civilian
WORLD
have been forced to abandon their
homes.
The government said Sunday it
will be several months before the
radiation stops and permanent cool-
ing systems are restored. Even after
that happens, there will be years of
work ahead to clean up the area
around the complex and figure out
what to do with it.
“It would take a few months until
we finally get things under control
and have a better idea about the
future,” said Nuclear and Industrial
Safety Agency spokesman Hidehiko
Nishiyama.
“We’ll face a crucial turning point
within the next few months, but that
is not the end.”
His agency said the timetable is
based on the first step, pumping
radioactive water into tanks, being
completed quickly and the second,
REUTERS restoring cooling systems, being
Japanese engineers grappling on Sunday to control the world’s worst done within a matter of weeks or
nuclear crisis since Chernobyl tried to seal a crack leaking radiation into the months.
Pacific sea from a crippled reactor. Every day brings some new prob-
democracy, not The movement has faced ques- Hague said Sunday that his country
dictatorship, not tions about its character and goals would neither arm the rebels nor
tribalism and not from many Western nations even as send ground troops to Libya, in com-
one based on they delivered the international ments that reflected the confusion
violence or ter- airstrikes that have pounded among foreign governments about
rorism,” Abdel- Gadhafi’s military forces. So far the the rebel movement’s nature.
Hafidh Ghoga, airstrikes have not been enough to “We have taken no decision to arm
vice chairman of give rebel fighters the upper hand the rebels, the opposition, the pro-
the National over Gadhafi’s superior troops, and democracy people — whatever one
Moammar P r o v i sional Western officials are debating wants to call them,” he told the BBC.
Gadhafi Council, said in whether arming the rebels should be While acknowledging the impor-
an interview the next step. tance of Islam in Libyan society,
with the Associated Press. British Foreign Secretary William Ghoga insisted that “there is no place
THE DAILY JOURNAL
lem at the plant, where workers
have often been forced to retreat
from repair efforts because of high
radiation levels. On Sunday, plant
operator Tokyo Electric Power Co.
announced it had found the bodies
of two workers missing since the
tsunami.
Radiation, debris and explosions
kept workers from finding them
until Wednesday, and then the
announcement was delayed several
days out of respect for their fami-
lies.
TEPCO officials said they
believed the workers ran down to a
basement to check equipment after
the magnitude-9.0 earthquake that
preceded the tsunami. They were
there when the massive wave swept
over the plant.
“It pains us to have lost these two
young workers who were trying to
protect the power plant amid the
earthquake and tsunami,” TEPCO
Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata
said in a statement.
for an Islamic state in Libya.”
“Will we accept an extremist gov-
ernment? Never,” he said, dressed in
a pinstriped blue suit with a pin of
Libya’s pre-Gadhafi flag on his
lapel.
“We will not accept radicalism,
terrorism or dictatorship. We want a
democratic state based on a multi-
party system, the peaceful transfer of
power, separation of powers, and for
Libya to have, from the beginning, a
constitution,” he said.
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Partnership needed on corrections
— The Sacramento Bee
U
nlike other states, California
in the last two decades has
relied almost entirely on the
state prison system to handle people
convicted of crimes.
Gov. Jerry Brown wants to change
that, returning low-level, short-term
offenders to the counties. If he can pull
it off — and we’re in his corner — this
would be the most significant and posi-
tive policy change to California state
government in decades.
As we’ve noted on these pages, “In
the past, local jails and community
punishment programs were the pre-
ferred way to handle low-level offend-
ers. They kept the offender close to
home, family, jobs, schooling and other
services. Putting nonviolent, low-level
offenders in state prison was seen as
harmful because it broke local ties and
sucked the offender into the prison cul-
ture.”
The counties have been starved of
resources for jail space and community
punishment programs, so more and
more low-level offenders end up in
state prisons — and state spending on
prisons continues to grow unchecked.
It is long past time to break that
cycle.
Gov. Brown has returned to a frame-
work that was signed into law 17 years
ago. The Community-Based
Punishment Act of 1994 passed the
Legislature unanimously and was
signed by then-Gov. Pete Wilson. It
Letters to the editor
No nuclear power
Editor,
The letter by Mike Caggiano pub-
lished in the March 30 edition of the
Daily Journal mourns the fact that we
human beings have “stunning stupidly
and near-sightedness” but all he can do
is assume the extraterrestrials are hav-
ing a good time laughing at us. There is
more we can and must do.
We are now waiting for the global
winds to bring us a dose of radioactive
plutonium. Plutonium will emit radia-
tion for the next 76 million years. It is
named plutonium after Pluto, the God
of the underworld — God of death and
destruction. Pluto is the ruler of hell
and he is god of the wealthy ones. Our
government is in the hands of the
wealthy ones and acts in their interests.
It is not enough to know this, we
must fight back for the sake of all life
on earth. The release of plutonium into
the atmosphere will cause death and
genetic damage for 20 generations into
the future. The indigenous people of
our land caution us to make decisions
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established a partnership between state
and local governments to keep nonvio-
lent offenders at the local level who
otherwise would be sent to state prison
for terms of two years or less. However,
it was never funded.
The Legislature reaffirmed that
framework this month and the bill
(AB109/SB85) was signed by Brown
last week.
However, the same vexing problem
of funding remains.
To make this work, the money that
the state would save by not housing an
offender in the most expensive option
of state prison ($50,000 a year per
offender) has to get to the counties.
And the funding needs to be stable
and long-term.
Gov. Brown and his team have been
doing heavy lifting on this one — with
the counties, the criminal justice com-
munity and legislators.
This is what the proposed ballot
measure to extend taxes that would oth-
erwise expire on July 1 — still awaiting
legislative action — really is all about.
Get it done. We can’t wait another 17
years.
Senate Constitutional Amendment 1,
by Senate President Pro Tem Darrell
Steinberg, D-Sacramento, would extend
the temporary 1 percent sales tax and
the 1/2 percent vehicle license fee for
five years, until July 1, 2016. But what
happens after that?
The counties would still be guaran-
considering the seven generations that
will follow us. It is insane to risk so
much life when, with the money our
president has planned to build more
nuclear death plants, we can put solar
panels on every home in the nation. We
can build wind and tidal generators and
conserve energy. Instead of saying
nuclear power is folly, we must actively
petition our elected officials to vote on
the advice of their constituents over
their financial contributors.
Write, call and email the president,
our senators and our members of
Congress. Tell them that nuclear power
is too dangerous. No insurance compa-
ny will insure the damage they may do
and our government should not be so
foolish as to underwrite such insanity.
Patricia Gray
Burlingame
Selective silence
Editor,
In his speech March 28, President
Obama told the American people,
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teed an estimated $5.6 billion in sales
taxes and $1.7 billion in vehicle license
fees. That money would be deposited in
a local revenue fund for public safety.
Between economic recovery and state
prison savings, this should not be an
undue burden and is worth doing.
That said, there’s room for improve-
ment. The definition of “public safety
services” currently is so broad as to be
meaningless.
It includes fire protection for lands in
the wildland-urban interface, mental
health and substance abuse services,
foster care, adoption and child neglect
and abuse services. Yes, these functions
should be shifted from the state to the
counties, but they cannot just be
lumped with no explanation as “public
safety services.”
Advocates need to make a stronger
public case on why these should be
included in the dedicated local revenue
fund after July 2016.
The state prison system would con-
tinue to handle incarceration and parole
for those convicted of a serious or vio-
lent offense, “three-strikers” and high-
risk sex offenders. Equally important,
parolees would return to state prison
only if convicted of a new crime; coun-
ties would handle technical parole vio-
lations, currently a major source of
churn in the state prison system.
Counties would have flexibility for
handling offenders — jail, boot camps,
substance abuse treatment, intensive
probation supervision, electronic moni-
toring, work furloughs and more.
That’s the way it should be.
“Where people yearn to be free, they
will find a friend in America.” If this is
true, then why did Obama not utter a
word in support for the brave Iranian
students who protested a brutal theo-
cratic tyranny last year? Why does he
remain silent now as the Syrian people
risk their lives in protest against their
oppressive dictator?
Scott Abramson
San Mateo
The benefits of Caltrain
Editor,
I have been riding Caltrain for about
seven years. I never knew it existed
prior to then, but I realize now that tak-
ing Caltrain has improved my quality
of life. I no longer dread sitting in traf-
fic two hours a day. I get to the station,
get onboard and relax all the way. My
only regret is not discovering Caltrain
20 years ago.
Justin Laguna
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The missing
and the
disappeared
(T
he following are some impressions from a recent
trip to South America). Chile and Argentina now
enjoy democratic regimes and popularly elected
governments but the sordid past of the missing and the disap-
peared cannot be forgotten.
In Santiago, a new museum of Memory and Human Rights
occupies an entire city block. It is dedicated to the thousands
who died, were captured, tortured and executed. Like the
Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., the museum’s pur-
pose is to provide a historical record which cannot be erased
or forgotten with time.
On Sept. 11, 1973, Chile’s military (with a nudge from the
United States) took over the government of Salvador Allende.
Imagine that the U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy forcibly
takes over the White House
through aerial bombing,
tanks and artillery fire and
that the democratically elect-
ed president is either killed
or commits suicide. Martial
law is imposed and thou-
sands disappear. One gets to
watch the impossible hap-
pening in Chile as reporters
videotaped General
Pinochet’s coup. The chilling
tape is on view at the muse-
um. Among the torture vic-
tims were former Chilean
president Michele Bachelet
and her father, a leading gen-
eral, who died in captivity. Chileans seem to acknowledge
what happened and are ready to move on even though some
credit Pinochet with placing the country on the secure eco-
nomic footing it enjoys today.
In Argentina, however, there is no museum or major monu-
ment for victims of the “Dirty War.” Instead, in Buenos Aires’
central plaza, the Plaza de Mayo serves as a forum for protests
and graffiti. The mothers, now grandmothers, of the desapare-
cidos, victims of the military dictatorship war against students
and leftists, march around the plaza every Thursday. In 1976,
the military began kidnapping anyone they deemed likely to
be dangerous. Anyone with left wing tendencies might be
taken without warning, tortured, and then mysteriously “disap-
peared.” All three armed services operated their own death
squads and camps in a campaign of indiscriminate violence.
Citizens remain divided over Eva Peron, the Evita of legend.
Some consider her a benevolent Robin Hood who took from
the rich to give to the poor, or an overbearing woman who
reached the top by marrying president Juan Peron. Our guide,
not an Evita fan, told us Evita forced a bicycle company to
donate 20,000 bikes for the poor by threatening to destroy
them if they didn’t comply.
***
While most view India and China as the next great econom-
ic powers, some South American countries are not far behind.
South of the equator are sophisticated cities which are equal to
San Francisco and Chicago; natural sights which rival
Yosemite and Lake Tahoe; and economies which are prosper-
ous and growing with mineral, agricultural and energy wealth.
A recent New York Times travel section listed Santiago and
Lake Todos Los Santos as two of the top 10 must-see places
in 2011. Santiago is a very civilized city where residents take
food, fashion and wine seriously. It reminded me of San
Francisco with a view of the Andes. The Lake Region of the
northern tip of Patagonia deserves the adjectives beautiful,
breathtaking, magnificent. The area is a series of large
turquoise lakes surrounded by the Andes’ snow-covered volca-
noes and glaciers. The area is still in pristine shape because
the only access is by boat. There is no major highway into the
region. Residents move back and forth by boat and children
are away from home five days a week to attend school. There
are not many full-time residents. They are the original owners
who were there before the national park was established. I
tried to visualize what Yosemite and Tahoe might look like
without highways 50, 80 and 120.
***
In Argentina and Chile, Spanish is prevalent even in tourist
spots. Guides, hotel and restaurant staff speak either limited or
fluent English but I was surprised that these countries have not
been North Americanized. There are a few Starbucks and
McDonalds, but at this writing, just a few. Maybe South
Americans feels they are doing fine with their own culture,
cuisine and language and are not dependent on the United
States. Maybe that is why President Obama felt it was impor-
tant to visit South America last week despite events in Libya
and D.C. South America (or at least Chile, Argentina and
Brazil) will soon be a major players on the world stage.
Sue Lempert is the former mayor of San Mateo. Her column
runs every Monday. She can be reached at sue@smdailyjour-
nal.com.
10 Monday • April 4, 2011 BUSINESS THE DAILY JOURNAL

Buyback fever hits stocks

By Bernard Condon
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Companies are gob-
bling up their own shares this year.
Should you join in the buying spree?
For stock investors, there is seemingly
no better bullish sign. After all, the cor-
porate executives behind the decision to
buy presumably have a good idea
whether their company will prosper. If
they’re buying, the thinking goes, the
shares must be going up. Except they
often do not — and may not now.
“Companies have been pretty poor at
timing purchases,” says Robert Leiphart
of Birinyi Associates, a research firm
that has studied buybacks. Gregory
Milano, the CEO of consultancy Fortuna
Advisors, is more blunt: “We’re in the
middle of a buyback bubble.”
Since the start of the year, U.S. com-
panies have announced plans to buy
back $150 billion of their own stock, a
38 percent jump from last year, accord-
ing to Birinyi. The buying fever has
swept across industries. Tech giant Intel
Corp. plans to buy $10 billion more of
its stock. Drug-maker Pfizer Inc. says it
will buy $5 billion this year. Home
Depot Inc. says it will buy $1 billion
worth now, more than a quarter of what
it generated in profits last year.
The last time companies were so hot
on their own stock was 2007, which
points to the problem: That was right
before the market began a long, painful
drop to a 12-year low. Contrary to popu-
lar belief, companies often buy high, not
low — and ordinary investors are the
worse off for it. In a study last year,
Fortuna’s Milano compared stock
returns of 1,000 large non-financial
companies broken down by buyback
activity. Shares of the 250 companies
that spent the most on buybacks lost 3
percent over five years through 2008. By
contrast, shares of the 250 companies
that spent the least on buybacks gained
28 percent.
Milano says many companies that
don’t buy stock use their money instead
to build factories or buy equipment or
invest in R&D, and that often leads to
more profits and a higher stock price.
Unfortunately, companies not only
tend to buy too much stock at the wrong
time, they tend to buy too little when the
time is right.
Two months after stocks hit their peak
in 2007, the economy fell into its deep-
est recession since the 1930s. Stocks
eventually hit a low in March 2009. It
was a perfect opportunity for companies
to make up for their earlier ill-timed pur-
chases with some well-timed ones. They
got tightfisted instead. Birinyi’s Leiphart
notes that many companies were under-
standably scared that a depression
loomed, and so some pullback in repur-
chases was prudent.
In the event, buybacks fell in 2009 to a
fifth of what they were at the bull market
high.
Home Depot followed the general pat-
tern. After pouring $10.8 billion into its
stock in 2007, it bought just $213 mil-
lion in 2009 — or 2 percent as much,
according to Birinyi. Its stock hit a low
of $18 that year, half its price two years
earlier.
Now its stock is rising and it’s buying
again along with plenty of others. But is
repurchasing stock wise now that prices
nearly doubled in two years? For its part,
Home Depot says it is “disciplined and
balanced” in allocating capital. It also
notes its buybacks over the past eight
years have averaged $36 a share, below
the closing price Friday of $37.56.

Gov’t appeals judge’s health care ruling

By Greg Bluestein
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA — The federal health care
overhaul’s core requirement to make vir-
tually all citizens buy health insurance or
face tax penalties is constitutional
because Congress has the authority to
regulate interstate business, the Justice
Department said in its appeal of a ruling
that struck down the Obama administra-
tion’s signature legislation.
The government’s 62-page motion
filed Friday to the 11th Circuit Court of
Appeals argued that Congress had the
power to enact the overhaul’s minimum
coverage requirements because it is a
“rational means of regulating the way
participants in the health care market
pay for their services.”
The motion also warned other pieces
of the overhaul, including a law that
blocks insurers from denying coverage
to people because of pre-existing condi-
tions, would be “unworkable” without a
minimum coverage provision.
Twenty-six states filed a lawsuit that
said Congress had exceeded its authority
by requiring that all citizens buy health
insurance or face tax penalties. U.S.
District Judge Roger Vinson of Florida
agreed in a Jan. 31 ruling that said
President Barack Obama’s entire health
care overhaul is unconstitutional.
Vinson ruled against the overhaul on
grounds that Congress exceeded its
authority by requiring nearly all
Americans to carry health insurance, an
idea dating back to Republican propos-
als from the 1990s but now almost uni-
versally rejected by conservatives.
His ruling followed the same reason-
ing as one last year from a federal judge
in Virginia who struck down the insur-
ance requirement. But while the first
judge left the rest of the law intact,
Vinson invalidated provisions that range
from Medicare discounts for seniors
with high prescription costs to a change
that allows adult children up to age 26 to
remain on their parents’ coverage.
At the center of Vinson’s ruling and
the government’s challenge is the legali-
ty of the requirement that Americans
carry health insurance except in cases of
financial hardship. Those who cannot
show they are covered by an employer,
government program or their own policy
would face fines from the IRS when the
program takes effect in 2014.

‘Crash tax’ and

fees targeting
out-of-towners
By Tim Martin
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LANSING, Mich. — Out-of-towners would be wise to drive

carefully when passing through Fraser, a suburb about 15 miles
northeast of Detroit.
The city this year began charging non-residents who cause
wrecks for the public safety and emergency response time
involved in the accident. The fee is one of many revenue-rais-
ing ideas being considered by cities nationwide dealing with
budget problems.
Reluctant to raise taxes on their own residents, local govern-
ments are looking increasingly at out-of-towners. But critics
complain that the fees amount to taxation without representa-
tion, or double taxation, since those people already pay for
roads and public safety services in their own communities. And
unsuspecting out-of-town motorists who’ve have faced the bills
say they send a hostile message.
“You’re not welcome here — outsiders not welcome,” said
Jay Middleton, a Mount Laurel, N.J., resident who fought a
“crash tax” charged in a Philadelphia suburb. “That’s what it
says to me.”
Middleton got caught up in the “crash tax” issue after a fend-
er-bender while moving his daughter home from college a few
years ago. Radnor Township, Pa., billed him $276.08 for the
police time. The concept of governments hitting up visitors for
cash isn’t new. States often charge nonresidents more than
locals for hunting and fishing licenses on the theory visitors
don’t pay the regular taxes used to support parks and recreation
systems. A number of cities impose income taxes on subur-
banites who come into a city to work. Omaha, Neb., planned a
commuter fee that critics called a “wheel tax” before state law-
makers moved to block it this year.
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San Jose earns draw against Seattle
By Julio Lara
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Don't adjust your newspapers. It
is true. Someone other than Chris
Wondolowski has finally scored in a
regular season match for the San
Jose Earthquakes.
It's a good thing too, considering
that if San Jose's trend had held true
against the Seattle Sounders
Saturday night, the Earthquakes
The Unlikelys:
Butler and UConn play for it all
By Eddie Pells
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON — Butler coach Brad
Stevens loves an underdog, whether
it’s his team back in the Final
Four or Connecticut making
an unprecedented five-
games-in-five-nights run
through the Big East
tournament.
Wait, what?
A Big East team as an
underdog? The coach at tiny
Butler cheering for big, bad
UConn?
Welcome to the bizarro world of
college basketball in 2011 — a sport
where not only is anything possible,
but where nothing quite makes
sense. A sport in which the story of
Mickelson wins tuneup
for Masters in Houston Bonds has momentum
By Chris Duncan
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HUMBLE, Texas — Phil
Mickelson feels pretty confident
about his game heading into the
Masters.
The defending champion at
Augusta outdueled Scott Verplank
on Sunday to win the Houston Open
by three shots, his first victory since
earning his third green jacket last
April.
And it comes with a notable dis-
tinction.
Monday, April 4, 2011
would have scored, thank God for that,” said The biggest goal of the game was “I looked up, I had time and
lost. San Jose head coach Frank Yallop. also the most thrilling. It came in space,” Stephenson said. “I could
But San “That's a big thing for us. I think the 52nd minute with San Jose have played it out wide to Bobby
Jose showed Chris feels relieved now.” down 2-1 following a goal by (but) I looked up and I had a shot
g o o d “It was an exciting game, I O'Brian White in the 42nd minute. and I took it and it went in.”
r e s i l i e n c y, thought we felt a little unlucky we It was seven minutes into the second “(It's) obviously not the goal of
twice erasing didn't get the win tonight but to half that Khari Stephenson cocked the season, but it's pretty close,”
one-goal come back into the game, after back and let a 35-yard cracker fly to Yallop said of Stephenson's laser
deficits to being a goal down twice, which is Kasey Keller's far post. Keller got a beam, “It was a good strike. I
earn a 2-2 good in any game so I'm very happy fingertip on the shot, but it was too haven't seen it from the side, but it
draw against their division rivals. with the outcome and the perform- strong, and the goal equalized the
“Someone other than Wondo ance,” he said. game. See QUAKES, Page 12
a small school from a small confer-
ence making a run to a title is no
more rare than that of the late-sea-
son magic conjured by a power pro-
gram with one of the nation’s best
players.
Butler and Connecticut
will meet Monday in the
national title game — the
eighth-seeded Bulldogs
trying to finish the deal
after coming oh-so-close
last season and the third-
seeded Huskies (31-9), led
by Kemba Walker, talking about
shocking the world with their 11th
straight victory after a regular sea-
son that foreshadowed none of this.
“We were all rooting for UConn
See NCAA, Page 14
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Former San Francisco Giants baseball player Barry Bonds arrives for his perjury trial at the Phillip Burton Federal
Building in San Francisco,last week.His trial continues this week.
The win
m o v e d By Paul Elias Legal analysts, trial watchers — dicted the government’s star wit-
M i c k e l s o n ’s THE ASSOCIATED PRESS even attorneys on both sides — all ness, former Bonds business partner
world ranking to seemed to agree that Dr. Arthur Steve Hoskins.
No. 3, while SAN FRANCISCO — Over two Ting’s testimony was disastrous for In the first week of the trial,
Tiger Woods weeks, prosecutors methodically the government’s case against the Hoskins testified that the doctor told
dropped to No. worked to build a credible case that greatest home-run hitter in major him a 1999 elbow injury Bonds sus-
7. It’s the first Barry Bonds lied to a federal grand league history and a symbol of base- tained was caused by steroid use.
time Mickelson jury in 2003 when he denied using ball’s so-called steroids era. The But Ting denied saying that. Ting
Phil Mickelson has been ahead performance-enhancing drugs. question now is whether the prose- also denied Hoskins’ claim that the
of Woods in the Then, on Thursday, prosecutors cutors can still get a conviction two had 50 conversations about
ranking since the week before called Bonds’ orthopedic surgeon to when the trial goes to the jury, Bonds’ alleged steroid use. Ting
Woods won the 1997 Masters for his the stand. which could happen this week. denied having even one such discus-
They regretted it almost immedi- Ting hurt the prosecution because
See GOLF, Page 12 ately. he directly and repeatedly contra- See BONDS, Page 14
12 Monday • April 4, 2011
QUAKES
Continued from page 11
looked good from behind.”
San Jose controlled the majority of play, especially
in the second half, where they didn't allow a single
shot on goal.
But in the first half, the Sounders made the most of
their opportunities. Mostly, they rode the play of
Mauro Rosales who was able to penetrate the San
Jose defense and cause havoc. It was his great indi-
vidual play on the San Jose end-line that produced
the game's opening score off the foot of Brad Evans
in the 17th minute.
The Earthquakes responded 15 minutes later on a
great, free-flowing plays sprung by the newly
acquired Simon Dawkins, who started in this second
straight game for the Quakes. Dawkins fed Ryan
Johnson, who then found Bobby Convey, who then
rewarded Dawkins for his hard work by hitting him
with a ball that the rookie calmly finished inside the
Seattle 18 for the 1-1 tie. The goal was the first of
Dawkins' Major League Soccer career.
“I had a chance (to score) before,” Dawkins said. “I
wish I (had) taken it earlier. I said to myself the next
time I get an opportunity, I will hit first time. I got the
opportunity, I hit it, and it went in.”
“It was perfect - great run, good ball through, good
finish,” Yallop said of the goal. “We work on this
stuff a lot in training and talk about it a lot so, it's nice
to see it come off in a game. For the most part I think
we dominated play to be honest against a good team
again. The three teams we've played are good. We
didn't lose tonight, which is a very important thing.”
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San Jose kept pressing, but it was Seattle who
found the next strike. This one came with three min-
utes left in the first half when Steve Zakuani found
Evans on a pinch-perfect lob from just outside the
left-hand side of the San Jose 18. Zakuani could not
have hand-placed the ball any better - all Evans had
to do was put his head down and the ball went into
the net.
Down 2-1 at the half, Yallop made the move that
proved to be the difference in the game. As the
Quakes came back out, Stephenson was brought in to
replace Joey Gjertsen, who had a very good first half
for San Jose.
“There are things you look at and you make a deci-
sion as a coach,” Yallop said. “OK, you think 'we
need to get a little more forceful in the middle,
Wondo is always liable to score a goal, so you slide
him out wide,' but I think Khari has looked real good
- played well in the first game, looked very good in
training so I felt, let's get him on the field.”
Seven minutes into the half, Stephenson rewarded
his coach's faith by making his look like a genius.
Apparently, the equalizing strike was also prophet-
ic. Stephenson later said that after Friday's training,
Yallop told him that he would score in the exact way
he did Saturday night.
“I felt, we played well; that's the big theme of what
we're trying to do is play well,” Yallop said. “And
obviously winning games is important, obviously for
points, but performances will help you do that - I
think we played well enough to win this game
tonight, we played well enough to beat Salt Lake in
the first game, so the signs are good. What I liked
about (us) tonight was we didn't give up, we domi-
nated play second half, we got the goal and I think
we were unlucky not to score the third one to win,”
he said.
GOLF
Continued from page 11
first major championship.
“It feels really good for me to have
played well and gained some momen-
tum heading into next week,”
Mickelson said. “I needed to have a
week where I kind of put it together.”
The 40-year-old Mickelson shot a 7-
under 65, the lowest closing score by a
winner this year, to finish at 20 under.
He was 16 under over his final 36
holes, after tying the course record
with a 63 on Saturday, his lowest
round in two years. He won for the
fifth straight time when he’s shot 64 or
better in at least one of the rounds.
“I’ve been saying all year, ’I’m
playing well, but I’m not getting the
scores out of it, and I’m just kind of
having a lapse of focus,”’ he said. “It
was a great week in that regard, and
great for getting momentum heading
in next week.”
Tour rookie and second-round
leader Chris Kirk (67) tied Verplank
(68) at 17 under.
Lefty is hoping he can repeat some
history at Augusta this week. The 39-
time tour winner is the last player to
win the week prior to a Masters victo-
ry, capturing the BellSouth Classic in
2006 before earning his second green
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jacket. The Houston Open became the
run-up event to Augusta in 2007.
While many top players, including
Woods and world No. 1 Martin
Kaymer sat out this week, Mickelson
saw no disadvantage in coming here
and trying to win. Anthony Kim won
last year and finished third at the
Masters.
“I think it’s nothing but a plus to be
able to gain some momentum,”
Mickelson said. “especially given that
I haven’t had the results and the scores
that I wanted earlier in the year. It
gives me a little bit of momentum.”
Verplank, meanwhile, needed a vic-
tory just to get to Augusta. The 46-
year-old Verplank, with his sore left
wrist wrapped in black tape, would’ve
become the fifth-oldest champion in
the last five years.
His wrist is weakened by a degener-
ative bone condition, and it affected
his grip Sunday. He was making only
his fourth start this year.
“It’s nice that I hadn’t forgotten how
to play,” he said. “If you’re hurt, you
don’t have a ton of confidence in your
body. It’s hard to have confidence in
anything.”
Verplank earned $519,200 for fin-
ishing second, and moved into 14th on
the career money list ($26.741 mil-
lion), passing Retief Goosen and
Stuart Appleby. He plans to play in
San Antonio in two weeks and at
Hilton Head in three.
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Texas A&M rallies to upset Stanford
By Michael Marot
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
INDIANAPOLIS — Texas
A&M’s defense was good enough
to upset two No. 1 seeds.
They will find out Tuesday night
if it is good enough to win a nation-
al championship.
Sydney Colson drove the length
of the floor and found a cutting Tyra
White for a layup with 3.3 seconds
left to give the Aggies a thrilling 63-
62 victory over Stanford. The teams
traded leads five times in the final
minute, capping A&M’s remarkable
rally from a 10-point deficit in the
final six minutes.
And they’re not finished yet.
“It’s time to make history,”
Colson said.
The Aggies (32-5) already have
done that by punching a ticket to
their first title game. But beat home-
state favorite Notre Dame or two-
time defending champion
Connecticut on Tuesday night and
the Aggies (32-5) will have far more
to celebrate.
Saturday’s comeback will not be
soon forgotten.
When Stanford took a 54-44 lead
with 6:01 to play, most people at
Conseco Fieldhouse assumed the
Cardinal were heading to a third
Notre Dame upsets UConn 72-63,heads to title game
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
INDIANAPOLIS — Even Maya
Moore’s magic wasn’t enough for
Connecticut this time.
Skylar Diggins scored 28 points
title game in four years.
But the Aggies changed the game
with their oppressive defense.
Stanford (33-3) managed only
two more baskets the rest of the
night, and A&M’s aggressive offen-
sive moves got them back into the
game.
Then came the frantic final
minute.
Colson, who woozily went to the
bench after a hard screen earlier in
the half, gave Texas A&M a 59-58
lead by making two free throws
with 53 seconds left.
Eighteen seconds later, Danielle
Adams was called for a foul on
Stanford’s Nnemkadi Ogwumike.
The upset Adams got up and started
running toward the Aggies bench,
with one of the referees telling her
to calm down. Ogwumike made
both shots to give Stanford a 60-59
lead.
“It was hectic, you know,” Aggies
guard Sydney Carter said.
“Everybody was saying 30 seconds
for the rest of y’all’s lives.”
Turns out 30 seconds was still an
eternity for these teams.
A&M came back with White’s
layup with 19 seconds to go, only to
have Ogwumike answer with a
tough layup with 9 seconds left that
gave Stanford a 62-61 lead.
and Notre Dame upset UConn 72-
63 on Sunday night, ending the bril-
liant career of Moore and the
Huskies’ quest for a third straight
national championship.
Ten years after their last title, the
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Stanford Cardinal Nnemkadi Ogwumike loses the ball against Texas A&M
Aggies Adaora Elonu during their semi-final NCAA women’s Final Four
college basketball game in Indianapolis Sunday.
Irish will be playing for another one
Tuesday night against Texas A&M,
which beat Stanford 63-62 in the
first semifinal. Notre Dame was 0-3
against its Big East rival this season
but they had all the answers this time
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for the Huskies, who lost for just the
second time in three seasons.
Notre Dame had already beaten
Tennessee in the NCAA tourna-
ment, ending a 20-game skid against
the Volunteers. Now they have
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The Aggies, without a timeout,
immediately got the ball to Colson,
who raced up the floor and dished to
White for the winner.
White finished with 18 points,
and a slow-starting Adams had 16
points to lead the Aggies.
The Cardinal were led by
Ogwumike’s 31 points and Jeanette
Pohlen had 11, but went home
empty-handed from the Final Four
for a fourth consecutive year.
“It’s hard,” senior Kayla Pedersen
said. “I mean, it’s an awful feeling.
The hardest part isn’t losing the
game, it’s leaving these players.”
A&M dictated the tempo all
night.
They held Stanford’s potent
offense 18 points under its average,
and forced them into 22 turnovers.
Even being the first tourney team to
top 50 points against Texas A&M in
a game wasn’t enough Saturday.
“They are extremely athletic.
They play extremely hard,”
Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer
said. “They get the loose balls. I
thought we played very well to get
the lead. We had to do some things
we didn’t have to do all season long
against anyone else. It came down
to one play. They had two three-
point plays when we were up 10.”
knocked out the two-time defending
champions. Moore finished with 36
points, including 12 straight as she
tried to rally the Huskies from a 12-
point deficit in the final 6 minutes,
but it wasn’t enough.
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NCAA
Continued from page 11
because it was a great story,” Stevens said, “a
lot of fun to follow.”
As is Butler, the team from a 4,500-student
campus in Indianapolis that practices at
Hinkle Fieldhouse, used as the backdrop for
the classic movie “Hoosiers” — the based-
on-reality melodrama in which tiny Hickory
High stares down the biggest schools in
Indiana and wins the state championship. On
its second try.
What seemed impossible in that movie is
becoming more the norm, at least in the col-
lege game. Last season, Butler (28-9) came
one desperation heave from toppling Duke to
become the first true mid-major to win the
championship. This season, Butler wasn’t
even the biggest longshot at the Final Four.
That was VCU, an 11th seed that fell to the
Bulldogs in Saturday’s semifinal.
As recently as 2008, the NCAA tournament
landed all four No. 1 seeds in the Final Four.
This year, there wasn’t a single 1 or 2 for the
first time in the 33-year history of seeding.
UConn coach Jim Calhoun said this has
been the natural progression since the NCAA
started limiting scholarships and new NBA
rules triggered a flood of players who would
come to college for one year, then declare for
the draft.
“It’s as close to parity as there can be,”
Calhoun said. “It certainly can occur in a
tournament a lot more than it could playing a
Saturday night, then Big Monday. It’s just the
nature of things. ... The one-and-done thing,
walking the tightrope is a hard thing, a very
difficult thing.”
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If anyone can say they’ve mastered it this
season, it’s UConn. Led by Walker, the junior
guard on the verge of becoming the best play-
er to ever put on a Huskies uniform,
Connecticut won five games in five nights
against Big East competition to win the post-
season tournament.
A remarkable accomplishment in any con-
ference, but especially the Big East — the 16-
team behemoth that placed a record 11 teams
in the tournament this year. Maybe because of
the grueling nature of its regular season, the
Big East wore down and had a terrible show-
ing, only moving two teams into the second
weekend.
But Connecticut is still standing, a testa-
ment to Walker’s playmaking ability (he’s
averaging 25.5 points during this 10-game
winning streak) and Calhoun’s ability to
adjust on the fly to the fatigue that has pre-
dictably set in.
“Our code has been very simple: ’The hell
with it, let’s just go play basketball,”’
Calhoun said. “Well, we wouldn’t be doing
all the things we did last night defensively to
Kentucky if we just kind of rolled the thing
out there. We worked very hard on it. But we
worked on it in a different way.”
Connecticut advanced to the final by hold-
ing the Wildcats to 33.9 percent shooting in a
56-55 victory Saturday night.
Butler, meanwhile, only needed two wins
in four nights to capture the tournament title
in the less-heralded Horizon League. Still, the
Bulldogs are on a 14-game winning streak
that began after losing their third straight
back on Feb. 3. At that point, this was a team
that had no guarantees it would even make
the NCAA field.
It looked nothing like the one that captured
hearts as it made its run through last year’s
tournament.
BONDS
Continued from page 11
sion. Federal prosecutor Jeffrey Nedrow con-
ceded soon afterward, in an exchange with U.S.
District Judge Susan Illston, that Hoskins was
“impeached heavily.”
Ting was one of the last witnesses the gov-
ernment planned to call. Observers said prose-
cutors were making good headway with the jury
until then.
“With any trial it’s always the last impression
that is the most important,” Robert Mintz, a
prominent Newark, N.J., defense attorney, said
in a phone interview. Mintz and many others
have been following the trial closely as it is cov-
ered by dozens of reporters who file frequent
updates throughout the court day.
Like other experts, he reached for a sports
analogy to make sense of the trial’s sudden and
dramatic momentum shift.
“It was the sports equivalent off coughing up
the ball on the 5-yard line,” said Mintz, a feder-
al prosecutor before going into private practice.
“Suddenly, the other team has a chance to win.”
Ting’s testimony obviously buoyed Bonds’
team. Ting was even seen shaking the hands of
a member of the former slugger’s entourage sit-
ting in the first row of the courtroom after he
stepped down from the witness stand.
Bonds lead attorney Allen Ruby, usually gruff
and deadly serious outside court during the trial,
had a smile for reporters during a break in the
proceedings after Ting’s testimony. The usually
inscrutable Bonds, too, had a wide grin at the
end of the trial day Thursday.
When the trial resumes its critical third week
Monday, the government’s last witness — anti-
doping expert Dr. Don Catlin — is scheduled to
finish testifying. Court staff is expected to read
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a transcript of Bonds’ grand jury testimony
from December 2003, and then the defense will
get to call its witnesses.
Bonds’ lawyers still have work to do. Hoskins
wasn’t the government’s only witness.
The hitter’s former mistress, Kimberly Bell,
told the eight-woman, four-man jury that Bonds
once told her he used steroids. She also dis-
cussed in great detail the physical and behav-
ioral changes she saw the slugger go through
that prosecutors attribute to steroid use —
including outbursts and threats against her.
Colorado Rockies first baseman Jason
Giambi and three former players testified that
Bonds’ personal trainer, Greg Anderson, had
supplied them with steroids and detailed
instruction on how to use them.
However, none of the players testified direct-
ly about the relationship between Bonds and
Anderson, who is in jail for refusing to testify at
the trial. Illston admonished the jury not use the
players’ testimony as evidence that Anderson
supplied Bonds with steroids.
Meanwhile, Bonds’ attorneys portrayed the
ex-mistress as a scorned lover seeking revenge
and they caught her in a few inconsistencies. In
particular, Bell admitted that she was exaggerat-
ing when she told the grand jury that Bonds’ tes-
ticles had shrunk by half late in their relation-
ship.
Many legal observers expect Bonds’ legal
team to call just a few witnesses because they
say the case is breaking Bonds’ way— with one
notable exception: count two of five in his
indictment.
Bonds is charged with lying to the grand jury
during his appearance in December 2003. He
was called to testify what he knew about the
Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative. That grand
jury ultimately indicted five men with connec-
tions to BALCO, including Anderson, on
steroids distribution charges and related counts.
All five pleaded guilty.
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Dodgers rally to beat Giants 7-5
By Beth Harris
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Marcus
Thames tripled in the go-ahead run
during a four-run seventh inning
and the Los Angeles Dodgers
defeated the San Francisco Giants
7-5 Sunday night, taking three of
four from the defending World
Series champions.
The Dodgers scored all four runs
Ellis drives in 3 runs as A’s avoid sweep
By Janie McCauley
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OAKLAND — Hideki Matsui
cared more about getting his first hit
with Oakland than where he took
his grand total: He’s now over the
2,500 mark for his career between
Japan and the majors.
Matsui reached that milestone in
a 7-1 win over the Seattle Mariners
on Sunday as the Athletics celebrat-
off reliever Dan Runzler (0-1).
Pinch-hitter Aaron Miles fol-
lowed Thames’ clutch hit with a sin-
gle to right, scoring pinch-runner
Tony Gwynn Jr. Rafael Furcal dou-
bled deep to right center, scoring
Miles and making it 6-3. They
added another run on Andre Ethier’s
single.
Hiroki Kuroda (1-0) allowed
three runs and six hits — including
homers to Pablo Sandoval and Pat
ed Japanese Heritage Day and
raised money for earthquake and
tsunami victims in his homeland.
He doubled to start the second
inning for his first hit of the year
after an 0-for-7 start, then added an
RBI single in a four-run seventh.
“I feel relief just getting my first
hit as a member of the A’s and get-
ting our first win,” Matsui said. “I’m
not really focused on my hits
between Japan and the big leagues.”
SPORTS
Burrell — in seven innings. He
struck out five, walked none and
retired 14 consecutive batters dur-
ing one stretch.
Jonathan Broxton pitched the
ninth to earn his third save in as
many games, although he gave up a
leadoff homer to pinch-hitter Aaron
Rowand.
Matt Kemp hit a two-run homer
in the first, when the Dodgers
scored three runs off Barry Zito,
Mark Ellis drove in three runs to
back Gio Gonzalez’s strong 2011
debut as the A’s avoided a season-
opening weekend sweep against
their AL West rivals.
Coco Crisp hit an RBI triple in the
third inning and missed hitting for
the cycle by a home run. Oakland,
which expects to contend for a divi-
sion title, earned its first victory of
2011 to keep from starting a season
0-3 for the first time since 1996.
making his first start four days after
hurting his neck and having his car
seriously damaged in an accident in
West Hollywood on the eve of
opening day.
Zito, who has missed just two
starts in his career, gave up three
runs and three hits in six innings,
struck out five and walked two.
The left-hander got off to a rough
beginning, with Furcal singling on
Zito’s first pitch of the game when
“This is how it should have been
right from the get go,” Gonzalez
said. “We just needed to wake up a
little bit.”
Ryan Langerhans homered in the
second but the Mariners managed
little else against Gonzalez, a 15-
game winner last season who
improved to 5-1 for his career
against Seattle.
Gonzalez (1-0), who picked out
the new retro bright gold jerseys
Monday • April 4, 2011 15
the mound was in half-sun and half-
shade.
Lacking an overpowering pitch,
the 32-year-old former Cy Young
winner needed the Giants defense to
play well behind him, but Aubrey
Huff didn’t.
The right fielder tried to make a
diving catch of Jamey Carroll’s hit
only to watch the ball skip under his
mitt and roll behind him for a triple,
allowing Furcal to score from first.
worn by the A’s for the first time,
was unfazed after falling behind on
Langerhans’ drive. He allowed six
hits, struck out four and walked
four, retiring his final three batters
after the first two hitters reached in
the seventh inning.
He stayed in the game after a
mound visit by manager Bob Geren.
“I think it was the yellow jerseys.
We distracted them,” Gonzalez
joked.
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Local sports brief record to 20-3 by taking two of three

games from University of San NL STANDINGS NBA GLANCE NHL GLANCE
Francisco. Fresno State senior Greg
Martin sets SJSU Gonzalez impressed in his second NATIONAL LEAGUE EASTERN CONFERENCE EASTERN CONFERENCE
career-hits record week as a Friday-night starter. The East Division Atlantic Division Atlantic Division
former Capuchino High and Skyline W L Pct GB W L Pct GB W L OT Pts GF GA
It should be a good matchup when Philadelphia 3 0 1.000 — y-Boston 53 23 .697 — x-Philadelphia 46 22 11 103 247 210
San Jose State hosts Fresno State in College standout improved his record x-Philadelphia 40 37 .519 13 1/2 x-Pittsburgh 46 25 8 100 225 192
Atlanta 2 1 .667 1
a three-game series this weekend to to 6-0 by striking out nine over 6 1/3 New York 2 1 .667 1 x-New York 38 38 .500 15 N.Y.Rangers 42 32 5 89 223 190
innings. Gonzalez paces all Fresno New Jersey 23 53 .303 30 New Jersey 36 37 5 77 163 196
kick off Western Athletic Florida 1 2 .333 2
Toronto 21 55 .276 32 N.Y.Islanders 30 37 12 72 220 250
Conference play. Neither team is State starters with a 1.36 ERA, and Washington 1 2 .333 2 Southeast Division Northeast Division
nationally ranked, but each boasts leads the entire staff with 46 1/3 Central Division W L Pct GB W L OT Pts GF GA
W L Pct GB y-Miami 54 23 .701 —
an overall record better than many innings pitched and 52 strikeouts. x-Orlando 48 29 .623 6
y-Boston 44 23 11 99 235 184
Cincinnati 3 0 1.000 — Montreal 42 30 7 91 208 204
nationally-ranked teams – including No. 11-ranked Stanford opened Pittsburgh 2 1 .667 1
x-Atlanta 44 33 .571 10 Buffalo 40 29 10 90 232 220
Pac-10 play at Washington State by Charlotte 32 44 .421 21 1/2
Cal and Stanford. Chicago 1 2 .333 2 Washington 20 56 .263 33 1/2
Toronto 37 32 10 84 213 240
San Jose State upped its non-con- taking two of three games. St.Louis 1 2 .333 2 Central Division
Ottawa 30 39 10 70 183 243
Southeast Division
ference record to 19-8 by taking two Yesterday’s 4-3 win in the rubber Houston 0 3 .000 3 W L Pct GB W L OT Pts GF GA
Milwaukee 0 3 .000 3 y-Chicago 56 20 .737 —
games of a three-game series at U.C. match was the 1,400th career win Indiana 35 43 .449 22
x-Washington 46 22 11 103 216 192
for Cardinal manager Mark West Division x-Tampa Bay 44 24 11 99 235 232
Santa Barbara. Saturday, senior W L Pct GB
Milwaukee 31 45 .408 25
Carolina 38 30 11 87 225 232
Jason Martin broke the career hits Marquess. In the game, former Los Angeles 3 1 .750 —
Detroit 26 50 .342 30
Atlanta 33 33 12 78 214 252
Cleveland 15 61 .197 41
record at San Jose State. Martin Menlo standout Kenny Diekroeger San Diego 2 1 .667 1/2 Florida 29 38 12 70 190 220
notched career-hit No. 247 to sur- was 2 for 5. The sophomore short- Arizona 1 1 .500 1
pass Kevin Frandsen in the SJSU stop has now hit in 14 straight Colorado 1 1 .500 1 WESTERN CONFERENCE WESTERN CONFERENCE
San Francisco 1 3 .250 2 Southwest Division
record books. After adding two games. ——— W L Pct GB
Central Division
more hits in the game, his hit total No. 13-ranked Cal took two of W L OT Pts GF GA
Sunday’s Games x-San Antonio 58 19 .753 —
y-Detroit 46 23 10 102 255 231
currently stands at 249. three games from USC at Evans Cincinnati 12,Milwaukee 3 x-Dallas 53 24 .688 5
Nashville 42 26 11 95 209 188
N.Y.Mets 9,Florida 2 New Orleans 44 33 .571 14
Meanwhile, Fresno State upped its Diamond. Atlanta 11,Washington 2 Memphis 44 33 .571 14 Chicago 42 28 8 92 246 214
Houston 41 36 .532 17 St.Louis 36 33 10 82 232 229
Northwest Division Columbus 34 32 13 81 210 246
SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
AL STANDINGS W
x-Oklahoma City 50
L
26
Pct
.658
GB
—
Northwest Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
x-Denver 47 29 .618 3 z-Vancouver 52 18 9 113 254 181
vs.Kings @ Ducks AMERICAN LEAGUE Portland
Utah
45
36
32
41
.584
.468
5 1/2
14 1/2
Calgary
Minnesota
40 29 11 91
37 34 8 82
242 233
198 224
7 p.m. 7 p.m.
CSN-CAL CSN-CAL East Division Minnesota 17 60 .221 33 1/2 Colorado 29 41 8 66 218 275
W L Pct GB Pacific Division Edmonton 24 43 11 59 186 256
Baltimore 3 0 1.000 — W L Pct GB Pacific Division
New York 2 1 .667 1 y-L.A.Lakers 55 21 .724 — W L OT Pts GF GA
@ Portland vs.Lakers Toronto 2 1 .667 1 Phoenix 37 39 .487 18 x-San Jose 46 23 9 101 234 201
7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Boston 0 3 .000 3 Golden State 33 44 .429 22 1/2 Los Angeles 45 27 6 96 213 185
CSN-BAY CSN-BAY Tampa Bay 0 3 .000 3 L.A.Clippers 30 47 .390 25 1/2 Phoenix 42 25 12 96 224 217
Sacramento 22 54 .289 33 Anaheim 44 30 5 93 228 231
Central Division Dallas 39 28 11 89 214 224
4/2 4/9 4/16 4/23 4/30 5/11 5/14 W L Pct GB Two points for a win,one point for overtime loss.
Kansas City 3 1 .750 — x-clinched playoff spot x-clinched playoff spot
vs.Toronto @ Red Bulls vs.Chivas @ Union @ Vancouver vs Crew Chicago 2 1 .667 1/2 y-clinched division z-clinched conference
7:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 7p.m. 7:30 p.m. Cleveland 1 2 .333 1 1/2
Detroit 1 2 .333 1 1/2 Saturday’s Games Saturday’s Games
Minnesota 1 2 .333 1 1/2 Chicago 113,Toronto 106 Boston 3,Atlanta 2
Memphis 106,Minnesota 89 Tampa Bay 3,Minnesota 1
West Division Milwaukee 93,Philadelphia 87,OT
W L Pct GB Detroit 4,Nashville 3,OT
@ Padres @ Padres vs.St.Louis Golden State 99,Dallas 92 Los Angeles 3,Dallas 1
3:35 p.m. 3:35 p.m. 1:35 p.m.
Texas 3 0 1.000 — L.A.Clippers 98,Oklahoma City 92
Seattle 2 1 .667 1 Toronto 4,Ottawa 2
CSN-BAY CSN-BAY CSN-BAY Sunday’s Games Montreal 3,New Jersey 1
Oakland 1 2 .333 2 San Antonio 114,Phoenix 97 Carolina 4,N.Y.Islanders 2
Los Angeles 1 3 .250 2 1/2 Denver 95,L.A.Lakers 90 Washington 5,Buffalo 4,OT
Sacramento 106,Utah 97 Pittsburgh 4,Florida 2
——— Boston 101,Detroit 90
@ Toronto @ Toronto @ Toronto @Twins Edmonton 4,Vancouver 1
Sunday’s Games Washington 97,Charlotte 91
4:07 p.m. 4:07 p.m. 9:37 p.m. 1:10 p.m Cleveland 7,Chicago White Sox 1 Miami 108,New Jersey 94 San Jose 4,Anaheim 2
CSN-CAL CSN-CAL CSN-CAL MLB TV Detroit 10,N.Y.Yankees 7 New York 123,Cleveland 107 Sunday’s Games
Minnesota 4,Toronto 3 Toronto 102,Orlando 98 N.Y.Rangers 3,Philadelphia 2,SO
THE DAILY JOURNAL
S pring has finally sprung and I have
babies on my mind. No, not like that.
Shortly after Aidan joined big sister
Audrey six months ago, we decided we we’re
done with kids and I mean DONE. One more
child and we’d have to switch from man-to-
man to zone coverage! But, I have a number of
close friends and family with little ones on the
way. And, these are couples whose dogs have
been the center of their universe for years. The
dogs know their place right now — numero
uno! — and, that’s going to change very soon.
Those first few months with the new baby at
home will be all about adjustments, not unlike
the time when they first brought their dog
home. Fortunately, dog owners expecting
babies can prepare to make life easier for every-
one. Before I get into the tips, I want to offer
givens for expecting parents: your kids will be
much messier than your dog, you will call a
child by your dog’s name (and vice versa), your
dog will eat anything the baby drops or has
hanging from his chin, and, as soon as your
child become a toddler, you will find stickers,
diapers, dolls’ clothes, football helmets, or
some other item stuck to your dog at some
point. So, back to the part that is in your con-
trol. To help your dog adjust to all this mad-
ness, help him form positive associations with
your baby weeks — even months — before the
baby arrives. You can do this by introducing
your dog to baby sounds or smells. Play tapes
of babies crying, leave a few baby wipes lying
around, practice rocking a fake bundle and roll
your empty baby stroller around the house and
when you’re out on dog walks. If he takes this
activity in stride and doesn’t react, give him
treats.
Scott oversees PHS/SPCA’s Customer
Service, Behavior and Training, Education,
Outreach, Field Services, Cruelty Investigation,
Volunteer and Media/PR program areas and
staff. His companion, Murray, oversees him.
DATEBOOK Monday • April 4, 2011 17
‘Hop’skips to box-office lead
By David Germain
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES -- The Easter bunny has
hopped into the top spot at the weekend box
office.
Russell Brand’s family comedy “Hop”
debuted at No. 1 with $38.1 million, accord-
ing to studio estimates Sunday.
With Brand providing the voice of the
reluctant new Easter bunny, “Hop” bound
well beyond the expectations of industry ana-
lysts, who had figured the movie would debut
in the $25 million range.
Released by Universal, “Hop” matched the
year’s best debut, for “Rango,” which opened
a month ago with $38.1 million.
Jake Gyllenhaal’s action thriller “Source
Code” debuted at No. 2 with $15.1 million.
The haunted-house tale “Insidious” opened at
No. 3 with $13.5 million.
A Summit Entertainment release, “Source
Code” stars Gyllenhaal as an Army officer
tracking down a terrorist bomber by entering
the mind of a man aboard a train that’s about
to be blown up.
“Insidious,” released by Film District, fea-
tures Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne as a cou- “Hop”was the weekend’s top movie at the box office.
ple with three young children who encounter season for movie theaters.
an eerie force after moving into a new house. “Even when we have a really strong week-
The previous weekend’s top movie, “Diary Top ten movies end like this, we can’t win, again because of
of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules,” fell to No. 4 last year’s incredible run of big weekend after
with $10.2 million, raising its total to $38.4 1.“Hop,”$38.1 million.
2.“Source Code,”$15.1 million. big weekend early in the year,” said
million.
3.“Insidious,”$13.5 million. Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian.
While “Hop” was among the year’s best Despite a slow market, “Hop” might be able
openings, it was unable to lift Hollywood out 4.“Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules,”
$10.2 million. to leg it out for a while at theaters, with Easter
of a box-office slide that has persisted since still three weeks away. A combination of live-
late last year. 5.“Limitless,”$9.4 million.
6.“The Lincoln Lawyer,”$7.1 million. action and computer animation, the movie has
Overall revenues came in at $125 million, Brand’s runaway bunny finding refuge with a
solid receipts for this time of year. Yet that 7.“Sucker Punch,”$6.1 million.
8.“Rango,”$4.6 million. grown-up slacker (James Marsden).
was down 30 percent from the same weekend “When was there ever a really, truly Easter
last year, when “Clash of the Titans” had a 9.“Paul,”$4.3 million.
10.“Battle:Los Angeles,”$3.5 million. movie like this, about the Easter bunny that
summer-style blockbuster opening of $61.2 was kid friendly?” said Nikki Rocco, head of
million, according to box-office tracker distribution for Universal. “I don’t see why it
Hollywood.com. off 20 percent from 2010, which had an wouldn’t play out up to and including that lit-
Revenues so far this year are at $2.3 billion, unusual string of hits during a typically slow tle Easter Monday.”
18 Monday • April 4, 2011 THE DAILY JOURNAL

FREEDOM FUND BANQUET COASTSIDE VOLUNTEERS

Birth announcements:
Francisco Rubio and Fatima Ponce
Cardenas, of Newark, gave birth to a baby
boy at Sequoia Hospital March 12.

Gurvinder Singh and Jennifer Knapp,

of San Francisco, gave birth to a baby girl at
Sequoia Hospital March 12.

Chad and Manja McMills, of Redwood

City, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia
Hospital March 12.

Antony and May Sargent, of Mountain

View, gave birth to a baby girl at Sequoia
Hospital March 13.
Rafael and Juliana Hernandez, of San
Bruno, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia
Hospital March 14.
Tony Shlifstein and Yuliya Bruk, of San
Carlos, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia
Hospital March 14.
Douglas and Joan Lee, of San Bruno,
gave birth to a baby girl at Sequoia Hospital
March 14.
RANDY SILVER
Dr. Joseph Marshall delivers the keynote address at the March 20
Herby Dawkins Freedom Fund Banquet. Marshall, widely known
as the founder of San Francisco’s Omega Boys Club youth devel-
opment program, spoke to more than 200 guests at the annual
Herby Dawkins Freedom Fund Banquet March 20,as the San Mateo
Branch of the NAACP celebrated its 85th year working for social,po-
litical, educational and economic rights for all. The Rev. Sheila
Robinson served as mistress of ceremonies for the event, which
was held at the San Mateo Elks Club.San Mateo Police Chief Susan
Manheimer introduced members of the San Mateo police force in
attendance, as well as dignitaries, including Assemblyman Jerry
Hill and San Mateo County Supervisor Carole Groom.
JO CHAMBERLAIN
Coastside Land Trust volunteers (left to right) Eric Rutledge, Mary
Mitchell,Bob Rogers,Lindsey Peterson,Devin Peterson and Rueds
Port braved stormy weather March 26 for a restoration workday
on the bluff tops at Wavecrest in Half Moon Bay. The Wavecrest
area, enjoyed by many because of its ocean views, natural land-
scape, and readily accessible trails, is treated at times less like a
valuable open space and more like a local dump, and volunteers
often are obliged to clean up unsightly items such as mattresses,
dressers,blankets,paint cans,and plastic waste.To learn more about
the Coastside Land Trust and for information on upcoming events,
please visit www.coastsidelandtrust.org.
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DISTRICTS
Continued from page 1
Papan’s daughter, Gina, for the seat in
2002.
“I wasn’t given a chance to run in the
district where my record was,” Nevin,
also a former Daly City mayor, told the
Daily Journal Thursday. “I was sure a
victim of that. Papan’s nickname in the
Assembly was ‘The Enforcer’ after all.
Lines shouldn’t be redrawn to protect a
family.”
Although no system is perfect, Nevin
said, having the commission redraw the
lines is far more preferable than having
lawmakers worried about re-election
handle the work.
Gene Mullin went on to win the
Assembly District 19 in 2002.
Yesterday, his son Kevin, the current
mayor of South San Francisco, attended
the meeting alongside representatives
from nonprofit agencies such as African
American Redistricting Collaborative
and Mexican American Legal Defense
and Education Fund to hear why the old
FIGHT
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review all redevelopment agency finan-
cial transactions that occurred between
Jan. 1 of this year to June 30 to deter-
mine their propriety and whether the
transactions served the best interest of
the agency and the state.
“Accordingly, the state controller
could attempt to undo this conveyance
transaction, for which the agency and
the city would mount a legal challenge
to the state’s constitutional authority to
negate bona fide financial transactions
of the agency such as this,” Finance
Director Steve Toler wrote in a staff
report to the council.
Councilman Charlie Bronitsky sup-
ports the move.
“The point in doing this is to preserve
these ... as affordable housing units in
way of redistricting was unfair to the
public, especially minorities.
It is imperative for city officials in the
county to pay close attention and partic-
ipate in the process, Mullin said yester-
day.
“I am a believer in having voters
choose their representatives and not the
other way around as has historically
been the case, so this new process is
promising,” Mullin said.
Mullin hopes South San Francisco
remains part of San Mateo County leg-
islative and congressional districts and
not “pulled” into a San Francisco-domi-
nated district.
“I believe that would marginalize
South San Francisco’s voice in state and
federal affairs,” Mullin said.
District lines can be drawn in such a
way to weaken the votes of minorities,
said Chris Punongbayan with the Asian
Law Caucus.
“Minority communities are often split
between two districts to dilute the vote,”
Punongbayan said.
People of color should be able to
choose the candidates they want to rep-
resent them, Punongbayan said.
The commission was formed in
the event that the agency is disbanded by
the threatened action of the governor ...”
Bronitsky said.
The city would have eventually trans-
ferred the properties because tax incre-
ment from the city’s Project Area One is
reaching its cap. However, the state’s
financial crisis is expediting the process,
Toler said.
“We want to make sure those proper-
ties are maintained as affordable hous-
ing,” Toler told the Daily Journal.
The parcels are in Project Area and
specifically located on Comet Drive,
Gull and Chesapeake avenues, Beach
Park Boulevard and Emerald Bay Lane.
Toler said the city has no other intent
with the properties, although when
transferred, the city could sell off any of
the properties to create more affordable
units.
“The properties will always remain
affordable,” Toler said.
The worst-case scenario is that the
tenants who currently live in the afford-
LOCAL
November by the state auditor’s office in
accordance with Proposition 11, the
Voters FIRST Act passed by state voters
in 2008.
The commission must draw the dis-
trict lines in conformity with strict, non-
partisan rules designed to create districts
of relatively equal population that will
provide fair representation for all
Californians. Now, Assembly districts
are comprised of 423,000 people.
The commission will hold public
hearings and accept public comment on
how district lines should be redrawn to
best represent a given community.
After hearing from the public and
drawing the maps for the congressional
districts, 40 state Senate districts, 80
Assembly districts and four Board of
Equalization districts, the commission
must vote on the new maps to be used
for the next decade.
A draft map is scheduled to be
released in June and the final map will
be released Aug. 15.
Bill Silverfarb can be reached by e-mail: sil-
verfarb@smdailyjournal.com or by phone:
(650) 344-5200 ext. 106.
able units will be evicted if the state con-
troller negates the deal, according to the
staff report.
“However, the agency and the city
believe that the conveyance of these
assets support the best interests of the
community. The availability of these
units as affordable housing in the city
allows those that might not otherwise be
able to enjoy residence in Foster City to
live here,” Toler wrote in the report.
The housing units also allow the city
to meet its state-mandated affordable
housing requirements, he said.
“Affordable housing, especially in
communities like Foster City, is essen-
tial and we must do all that we can to
preserve it,” Bronitsky said.
There are over 400 RDAs in the state.
Bill Silverfarb can be reached by e-mail: sil-
verfarb@smdailyjournal.com or by phone:
(650) 344-5200 ext. 106.
MONDAY, APRIL 4
Calendar
Safety at Home: Disaster
Preparation at Home and Work
presentation. 8:30 a.m. to 10:30
a.m. Health System, 225 37th Ave.,
San Mateo. Free. For more informa-
tion visit smhealth.org/publichealth-
week.
Success Teams and Networking. 9
a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Hobee’s, 1101
Shoreway Road, Belmont. Find out
how success teams can help with
your job search and get a chance to
network. Free. For more information
call 574-1766.
Be Red Cross Ready. 6:30 p.m. to
7:30 p.m. Burlingame Public
Library, 480 Primrose Road,
Burlingame. Learn techniques to
become Red Cross ready and
improve personal preparedness for
natural disasters. For more informa-
tion call (415) 427-8146.
Dance Connection. 6:45 p.m. to
7:30 p.m., open dance 7:30 p.m. to
10 p.m. Burlingame Woman’s Club,
241 Park Road, Burlingame. Theme
is April Showers. Dancing with
Music by DJ Colin Dickie. Free
dance lessons. Admission is $6 for
members, $8 for guests. Light
refreshments. For more information
call 342-2221 or email
dances4u241@yahoo.com.
TUESDAY, APRIL 5
Food Addicts in Recovery
Anonymous. 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Sequoia Health and Wellness
Center, 749 Brewster Ave.,
Redwood City. A free 12-step recov-
ery program for anyone suffering
from food obsession, overeating,
undereating or bulimia. Free. For
more information visit foodad-
dicts.org.
Ergonomics and Workplace
Safety. 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Health System, 225 37th Ave., San
Mateo. Free. For more information
visit smhealth.org/publichealth-
week.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6
Computer Basics. 10:30 a.m.
Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda de
las Pulgas, Belmont. Learn to under-
stand the basics of using a computer
and mouse. For more information
contact conrad@smcl.org.
Safety at Play. 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Health System, 225 37th Ave., San
Mateo. Water Safety presentation.
Free. For more information visit
smhealth.org/publichealthweek.
Job Seekers. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. San
Mateo Main Library, 55 W. Third
Ave., San Mateo. Come and get help
with job searches, resume writing
and online job applications. For
more information call 522-7802.
Photovoice. 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Health System, 225 37th Ave., San
Mateo. Learn about youth-led
research that uses photography to
identify social issues impacting our
community. Free. For more informa-
tion visit smhealth.org/publichealth-
week.
THURSDAY, APRIL 7
Millbrae Library: Learn How to
Blog. 1 Library Ave., Millbrae.
Learn how to build a simple blog
(web log), create and edit postings,
design your page, add gadgets,
incorporate hyperlinks, photos,
videos and audios onto the blog and
save your blog content. Free. For
more information call 667-7607.
Safety on the Move. 9 a.m. to 12
p.m. Health System, 225 37th Ave.,
San Mateo. This event also includes
Infant and Adult CPR training.
Registration required. For more
information call 573-3726.
FRIDAY, APRIL 8
April Birthdays Lunch. Noon.
Twin Pines Senior and Community
Center, 20 Twin Pines Lane,
Belmont. Enjoy baked ham, cheddar
mashed potatoes, zucchini flowers,
salad with mandarin oranges and
nuts and birthday cake. $8 per per-
son. For more information call 595-
7444.
Learn How to Meditate. 7 p.m.
Yoga at Change, 400 Ben Franklin
Court, San Mateo. Donations
accepted. For more information visit
yogaatchange.com.
Domestic Violence and the
Community Response. 7:30 p.m. to
8:15 p.m. Congregation Beth Jacob,
1550 Alameda de las Pulgas,
Redwood City. Community educator
Paulette Dolin will provide informa-
tion about domestic violence and
Shalom Bayit’s program, along with
a discussion of ways the community
can work together to encourage
healthy relationships. Free. For
more information email communi-
tyed@shalom-bayit.org.
Noises Off! 7:30 p.m. Norte Dame
De Namur University, 1500 Ralston
Ave., Belmont. “Noises off” refers
to sound effects made offstage, but
this farce of a farce takes the term
one step further, examining the
Monday • April 4, 2011 19
drama (and battle cries and yelps)
going on backstage during a sex
farce called “Nothing On.” $10. For
more information 508-3456.
Deadline to apply for Coming
Home Project Retreat for Veteran
and Military Service Providers.
This April 14 retreat offers service
providers a nurturing environment to
renew and reconnect with them-
selves, allowing them the opportuni-
ty to discover new ways to practice
self care. Any service provider
working with OIF and OEF veterans
and/or their families is eligible for
this retreat. Free. For more informa-
tion call (415) 353-5719.
SATURDAY, APRIL 9
Gran Kermes Family Festival.
Noon to 5 p.m. Fair Oaks Library
parking lot, 2510 Middlefield Road,
Redwood City. A festival presented
by the Redwood City Library
Foundation and the Latino
Community Council with vendor
booths, food booths and games to
benefit the Fair Oaks Library. For
more information visit redwoodci-
ty.org/library.
Kid’s Yoga. 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Yoga at
Change, 400 Ben Franklin Court,
San Mateo. Free. For more informa-
tion call 340-9642.
Animal Connections. 1:30 p.m. and
2:30 p.m. CuriOdyssey, 1651
Coyote Point Drive, San Mateo.
Learn about CuriOdyssey’s non-
releasable animals in the Wildlife
Theater. Show themes will vary so
you can learn something new every
time you visit. Free with admission
into museum. For more information
call 342-7755.
Grand Opening Celebration for
Crossroads Fitness. 2 p.m. to 6
p.m. 801 N. San Mateo Drive, San
Mateo. Join the staff of Crossroads
Fitness for a grand opening celebra-
tion with free personal training and
group classes, along with door
prizes and a raffle every hour. For
more information visit crossroadsfit-
nessnow.com.
Family Concerts by the Rhythm
Sisters. 3 p.m. San Mateo Public
Library, 55 W. Third Ave., San
Mateo. Join us for fun, interactive,
playful, soulful, rhythmic, informa-
tive, heartwarming and expressive
music by the Rhythm Sisters.
Appropriate for all ages. Free. For
more information call 762-1130.
Freedom House’s Second Annual
Benefit Dinner. 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Korean Central Presbyterian
Church, 50 Northridge Drive, Daly
City. Enjoy an evening with a silent
auction followed by dinner, a speech
by a Human Trafficking Survivor
and music by Rachael Lampa. For
more information contact
info@freedom-house.us.com.
Noises Off! 7:30 p.m. Norte Dame
De Namur University, 1500 Ralston
Ave., Belmont. “Noises off” refers
to sound effects made off-stage, but
this farce of a farce takes the term
one step further, examining the
drama (and battle cries and yelps)
going on backstage during a sex
farce called “Nothing On.” $10. For
more information 508-3456.
Sons of Norway Meeting. 7:30 p.m.
Highland Community Center, 1665
Fernside St., Redwood City. We
offer language class, Norwegian cul-
ture, genealogy help and fellowship.
Membership is open to individuals
and families. For more information
call 593-3074.
For more events visit
smdailyjournal.com, click Calendar.
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ment and transforming it into something that feath- CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Your presentation is
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104 Training
TERMS & CONDITIONS
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fieds will not be responsible for more
than one incorrect insertion, and its lia-
bility shall be limited to the price of one
insertion. No allowance will be made for
errors not materially affecting the value
of the ad. All error claims must be sub-
mitted within 30 days. For full advertis-
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106 Tutoring
TUTORING
110 Employment 110 Employment 110 Employment 110 Employment 203 Public Notices
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
SALES/MARKETING
STATEMENT #243906
CAREGIVERS NEWSPAPER INTERNS INTERNSHIPS
The San Mateo Daily Journal is looking
The following person is doing business
JOURNALISM as: Perfect Bumble Bee’s Daycare &
2 years The Daily Journal is looking for in-
for ambitious interns who are eager to
jump into the business arena with both
Pre-School, 197 Del Prado Dr, DALY
CITY, CA 94015, is hereby registered by
experience terns to do entry level reporting, re-
search, updates of our ongoing fea-
feet and hands. Learn the ins and outs
of the newspaper and media industries.
the following owner: Kennedy Chancel-
lor, same address. The business is con-
required. tures and interviews. Photo interns al-
so welcome.
This position will provide valuable
experience for your bright future.
ducted by an individual. The registrants
commenced to transact business under
Immediate We expect a commitment of four to
Fax resume (650)344-5290
email info@smdailyjournal.com
the FBN on 03/14/2011.
/s/ Kennedy Chancellor/
Placement eight hours a week for at least four
months. The internship is unpaid, but This statement was filed with the Asses-
on all assignments intelligent, aggressive and talented in- sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 03/18/11. (Published in the
terns have progressed in time into 203 Public Notices San Mateo Daily Journal, 03/28/11,
CALL (650)777-9000 paid correspondents and full-time re- 04/04/11, 04/11/11, 04/18/11)
porters.

College students or recent graduates

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #243879
are encouraged to apply. Newspaper The following person is doing business
Spanish, French, CAREGIVERS experience is preferred but not neces-
sarily required.
as: Palacio Interpreter Seminars, 918
Peninsula Ave., SAN MATEO, CA,
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #243710
Italian Mid Peninsula CNA’s Please send a cover letter describing
94401 is hereby registered by the follow- The following persons are doing busi-
ness as: Hudson Street, 555 Laurel Ave
ing owner: Carol Marie Palacio, same
needed. your interest in newspapers, a resume address. The business is conducted by
#315, SAN MATEO, CA 94401, is here-
Certificated Local Hiring now! and three recent clips. Before you ap-
an individual. The registrants com-
by registered by the following owners:
Sean Jenkins, same address and Brett
ply, you should familiarize yourself
Teacher Hourly & Live-ins with our publication. Our Web site: menced to transact business under the Weber, 20 Hudson St, Redwood City, CA
FBN on 03/15/11. 94401. The business is conducted by
All Ages! Call Mon-Fri 9am-3pm. www.smdailyjournal.com.
/s/ Carol Marie Palacio / Co-Partners. The registrants com-
Reliable Caregivers. Send your information via e-mail to This statement was filed with the Asses- menced to transact business under the
(650)573-9718 (415)436-0100 SALES - news@smdailyjournal.com or by reg-
ular mail to 800 S. Claremont St #210,
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 03/17/11. (Published in the
FBN on 02/02/2011.
/s/ Sean Jenkins/
San Mateo CA 94402. This statement was filed with the Asses-
San Mateo Daily Journal, 03/28/11, sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
Putnam Auto Group 04/04/11, 04/11/11, 04/18/11) County on 03/08/11. (Published in the
CAREGIVERS San Mateo Daily Journal, 03/28/11,
107 Musical Instruction We’re currently looking for Buick Pontiac GMC 04/04/11, 04/11/11, 04/18/11)
experienced eldercare aides-- $50,000 Average Expectation
CNAs, HHAs & Live-ins a must… SALES TRAINEE
Music Lessons $1500 per week & up FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
Sales • Repairs • Rentals with excellent references to 5 Men or Women for FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #243913
join our team! Career Sales Position Full training, unique STATEMENT #243985 The following person is doing business
Bronstein Music Good pay and
excellent benefits!
products & services.
Lucrative Career Opportunity
The following person is doing business
as: Determination & Dedication, 890
as: 1)Vision x3 Photography 2) Vision X3
Web Design, 151 Highland Ave, SAN
363 Grand Ave. Drivers preferred.
• Car Allowance Immediate hire. Chesterson Ave., REDWOOD CITY, CA, MATEO, CA 94401 is hereby registered
by the following owner: Kevin Colby
So. San Francisco Call Claudia at • Paid insurance w/life & dental HR Department 570-7663 94061 is hereby registered by the follow- Knopp, same address. The business is
• 401k plan ing owner: Blake David Doran, same ad- conducted by an Individual. The regis-
(650)588-2502 (650) 556-9906
www.homesweethomecare.com • Five day work week dress. The business is conducted by an trants commenced to transact business
under the FBN on N/A.
bronsteinmusic.com individual. The registrants commenced to
transact business under the FBN on /s/ Kevin Colby Knopp /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
HOME CARE AIDES
Top Performers earn $100k Plus!! /s/ Blake D. Doran / sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
Multiple shifts to meet your needs. Great Bilingual a plus This statement was filed with the Asses- County on 03/18/11. (Published in the
pay & benefits, Sign-on bonus, 1yr exp Paid training included sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo San Mateo Daily Journal, 04/04/11,
110 Employment required. Call Mr. Olson County on 03/24/11. (Published in the 04/11/11, 04/18/11, 04/25/11).
Matched Caregivers (650)839-2273, San Mateo Daily Journal, 03/28/11,
(408)280-7039 or (888)340-2273 1-866-788-6267 04/04/11, 04/11/11, 04/18/11)
TAXI DRIVER Wanted, Paid Cash,
(650)766-9878 NOTICE OF PUBLIC LIEN SALE
CENTRAL SELF STORAGE
1280 ROLLINS ROAD
BURLINGAME, CA 94010
(650) 685-0300
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME In accordance with the provisions of the
STATEMENT #243958 California Self-Storage Facility Act, Sec-
The following person is doing business tion 21700, et seq. of the Business and
as: Marim Financial, 28 W. 4th Ave., Professions Code of the State of Califor-
Suite 12, SAN MATEO, CA 94402. is nia, the undersigned will be sold at public
auction on April 19, 2011 at 10:45 am.
hereby registered by the following owner: General household items, miscellaneous
Mira M. Ma, same address. The busi- items and/or boxes, tools, clothing,
ness is conducted by an individual. The and/or furniture stored at 1280 Rollins
registrants commenced to transact busi- Road, Burlingame, CA 94010, County of
ness under the FBN on San Mateo by the following persons:
Eduardo Sanchez; Vin Gourishankar;
/s/ Mira Ma / ALL SALES FINAL; CASH ONLY.
This statement was filed with the Asses- Property is sold on an “AS IS BASIS”.
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo Sale is subject to cancellation. Auction-
County on 03/23/11. (Published in the eer: JMA, INC./bond #142295787.
San Mateo Daily Journal, 03/28/11, Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal
04/04/11, 04/11/11, 04/18/11) on April 4, 11, 2011.

210 Lost & Found

LOST: Center cap from wheel of Cadil-
lac. Around Christmas time. Chrome with
multi-colored Cadillac emblem in center.
Small hole near edge for locking device.
Belmont or San Carlos area.
Joel 650-592-1111.

296 Appliances
AIR CONDITIONER - slider model for
narrow windows, 10k BTU, excellent
condition, $100., (650)212-7020

CHANDELIER NEW 4 lights $30.

(650)878-9542

CHOPPERS (4) with instructions $7/all.

(650)368-3037

GAS STOVE, small, 4 burner oven and

broiler. 26.5 D x 20.5 W. SOLD!

IRON - BLACK & DECKER PRO X 725

with board, $35., (650)726-7424

PORTABLE GE Dishwasher, excellent

condition $75 OBO, (650)583-0245

RADIATOR HEATER, oil filled, electric,

1500 watts $25. (650)504-3621

RCA VACUUM tube manual '42 $25.

(650)593-8880

SEARS KENMORE Chest Freezer

6 cubic feet, maintains temperature just
below freezing, only $90, 650-595-3933

SHOP VACUUM rigid brand 3.5 horse

power 9 gal wet/dry $40. (650)591-2393

UNDERCOUNTER DISHWASHER GE-

brand, never used. SOLD!

VACUUM CLEANER $50 (650)367-1350

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296 Appliances 296 Appliances 296 Appliances Drabble Drabble Drabble

VACUUM CLEANER excellent condition VACUUM CLEANER small with all at- WASHER/DRYER “MAYTAG” - Brand
$40. (650)878-9542 tachments for cars $30 San Mateo new with 3 year warranty, $850. both,
650-341-5347 (650)726-4168
VACUUM CLEANER Oreck-cannister
type $40., (650)637-8244 WASHER/DRYER COMBO, all-in-one
unit. $95 (650)483-3693 297 Bicycles
BICYCLE - Sundancer Jr., 26”, $75. obo
(650)676-0732
REQUEST FOR Qualifications
1. Residential HVAC Contractor GIRL'S BIKE HUFFY Purple 6-speed
2. C-10 Electrician good cond. $35 - Angela (650)269-3712
3. Residential Appliance Dealer and Authorized Repair
WOMEN’S BICYCLE 3-speed, made in
Community Energy Services Corporation (CESC) provides weatheriza- Belgium. $50 (650)483-3693
tion services to Marin County under the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE) and DOE American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) 298 Collectibles
Weatherization Assistance Programs and U.S. Health and Human 28 RECORDS - 78 RPMS, Bing Crosby,
Services Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Frankie Laine, Al Jolson, many others, all
Services performed under this contract are subject to Davis-Bacon Act in book albums, $60. all, (650)347-5104 Over the Hedge Over the Hedge Over the Hedge
prevailing wage guidelines.
49ER REPORT issues '85-'87 $35/all,
CESC requests a written response to this Request for Qualifications (650)592-2648
(RFQ) for consideration in selecting:
5 PIECE territorial quarters uncirculated
1) A residential HVAC Contractor to provide residential HVAC repair $16. (408)249-3858
and replacement services in Marin County.
BAY MEADOWS bag & umbrella -
The services required for this contract include: $15.each, (650)345-1111
Repair and replacement of residential HVAC systems in Marin County: BEETLE FAN London Pauadium
Heating systems, Package units, Wall units, Dual Packs, FAUs, Floor Royal Command performance '63 poster
furnaces, Split Systems, Multi-unit Central Systems, AC units, and $50., (650)525-1410
Evaporative Coolers.
COLLECTORS '75 LP's in covers
Qualifications of contractor: $5/each, (650)726-7424
Appropriate contractor’s licenses and business licenses GLASSES 6 sets redskins, good condi-
Capacity to provide services throughout Marin County tion never used $20/all. (650)345-1111
Excellent safety record
References that can attest to the quality of the firm’s past work JACK TASHNER signed ball $25. Ri-
Experience paying Davis-Bacon prevailing wages, including weekly re-
chard (650)834-4926 303 Electronics 304 Furniture 310 Misc. For Sale
porting requirements MERCHANT MARINE, framed forecastle FIVE REALISTIC-BRAND shelf speak- TV STAND good condition beige lots of 5 NEEDLEPOINT sets still in package
card, signed by Captain Angrick '70. 13 x ers, 8 ohms, new, 4 1/2 in. x 4 1/4 in. x 7 storage $30. (650)867-2720 $10/each, (650)592-2648
2) 1) A C-10 Electrician to provide residential K & T inspections and re- 17 inches $35 cash. (650)755-8238 in. $20/each. (650)364-0902
mediation services in Marin County. ORIGINAL PAT O'BRIEN'S HURRI-
WOODEN KITCHEN China Cabinet: $99
FLIP CAMCORDER $50. (650)583-2767 (great condition!), (650)367-1350 ADULT VIDEOS assorted $2/each (40
CANE glass, great condition, $10.,
Qualifications of contractor: (650)726-7424 total) Bill 650-871-7200
PANASONIC TV 21 inch $25., (650)637- 306 Housewares
Appropriate contractor’s licenses 8244 ANGEL WITH lights 12 inches High $12.
Capacity to provide services throughout Marin County (650)368-3037
Excellent safety record POSTER - framed photo of President "PRINCESS HOUSE” decorator urn
Wilson and Chinese Junk $25 cash, "Vase" cream with blue flower 13 inch H ARTIFICIAL FICUS Tree 6 ft. life like, full
References that can attest to the quality of the firm’s past work (650)755-8238
SANIO CASETTE/RECORDER 2 way
$25., (650)868-0436
Experience paying Davis-Bacon prevailing wages, including weekly re- Radio - $95.obo, call for more details, branches. in basket $55. (650)269-3712
porting requirements (650)290-1960
SPORTS CARDS over 10k some stars CANDLEHOLDER - Gold, angel on it, ATTENTION FORISTS!TELEFLORA
and old cards $100/all. (650)207-2712 SHARP CD changer, Dual Cassette tall, purchased from Brueners, originally EGG SHAPED CONTAINERS decora-
3. A residential Appliance Dealer and Authorized Repair technician to Player, Tuner Compact stereo twin $100., selling for $30.,(650)867-2720 tive painted set of 8 at 7 inches Tall
repair or replace residential refrigerators, cook tops and ranges (electric VASE - with tray, grey with red flowers, $3/each, (650)871-7200
perfect condition, $30., (650)345-1111 speakers, $29, 650-595-3933
and gas). COUNTRY KITCHEN pot rack with down
STEREO PHONOGRAPH in cabinet, lights. Retailed at $250. New in box $99 AUTO STRETCHING - The Complete
Qualifications of contractor: 302 Antiques plays vinyl LPs. $80 (650)483-3693 (650) 454-6163 Manual of Specific Stretching, like new,
ask $75. SOLD!
Appropriate business licenses and certifications (2) ANTIQUE Hurricane lamp complete TV - Big Screen, $70., ok condition, GEORGE FORMAN Grill brand new
Capacity to provide services throughout Marin County with wicks $25/each, (650)726-7424 (650)367-1350 $35., (650)726-7424 BARBIE BEACH vacation & Barbie prin-
Excellent safety record cess bride computer games $15 each,
TV 25 inch color with remote $25. Sony SOLID TEAK floor model 16 wine rack (650)367-8949
References that can attest to the quality of the firm’s past work 12 inch COLOR TV FOR $10 EXCEL- with turntable $60. (650)592-7483
Experience paying Davis-Bacon prevailing wages, including weekly re- 1912 COFFEE Perculater Urn. perfect LENT COND. (650)520-0619
porting requirements condition includes electric cord $85. BAY MEADOWS Umbrella - Colorful,
(415)565-6719 TV 5 inch Black and white good condition
307 Jewelry & Clothing large-size, can fit two people underneath.
in box $10. (408)249-3858 49ER'S JACKET Child size $50. $20 (650)867-2720
ANTIQUE STOOL - Rust color cushion
Submit response to this RFQ to: with lions feet, antique, $50.obo, (650)871-7200
304 Furniture BEADS - Glass beads for jewelry mak-
(650)525-1410 ing, $75. all, (650)676-0732
Chris Lever CUSTOM JEWELRY all kinds, lengths
chrislever@ebenergy.org CHINA CABINET - Vintage, 6 foot, 2 END Tables solid maple '60's era and sizes $50/all. (650)592-2648 BEAUTIFUL ROUND GOLD FRAMED
solid mahogany. $300/obo. $40/both. (650)670-7545 Beveled Mirrors 34" diameter $75 ea Jer-
(650)867-0379 LADIES BRACELET, Murano glass. ry San Mateo 650-619-9932
or 4 STURDY metal dining chairs $20/each. Various shades of red and blue $100
(650)756-6778 Daly City, no return calls. (650)991-2353 BOOK "LIFETIME" WW11 $12.,
CESC (408)249-3858
Chris Lever 303 Electronics BED BRASS single trundle $100 nice LADIES GOLD Lame' elbow length-
gloves sz 7.5 $15 New. (650)868-0436
1013 Pardee St and clean. (650)854-3235 CANCER SALVES - A Botanical Ap-
Berkeley, CA 46” MITSUBISHI Projector TV, great proach To Treatment, like new, $35.
BLACK LEATHER office chair with 5 LIZ CLAIBORNE black evening jacket (650) 204.0587
94710 condition. $400. (650)261-1541. rollers $25. (650)871-5078 Sz. 12, acetate/polyester, $10. (650)712-
1070 CANDLE HOLDER with angel design,
CESC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization and a licensed COMSWITCH 3500 - used for fax, com- BOOKCASE - $25., (650)255-6652
tall, gold, includes candle. Purchased for
general contractor working in partnership with local governments, other puter modem, telephone answering ma- SHEER PURPLE tunic, Sz XL, w/em- $100, now $35. (650)345-1111
CABINET - wood, $70., (650)367-1350 broidered design & sequins, $10.
community -based organizations and utilities. chine, never used, $20., (650)347-5104
(650)712-1070 CERAMIC BOWLS - Set of blue hand
CHANDELIER WITH 5 lights/ candela-
DEWALT HEAVY duty work site radio bre base with glass shades $20. made ceramic bowls (9) with large bowl
charger in box $100. (650)756-7878 SILVER SEQUIN shirt-jacket Sz 12-14 - fork/spoon set $100/all, (650)726-7424
(650)504-3621 very dressy, $15. (650)712-1070
DVD PLAYER AMW excellent condition COCKTAIL AND end table brass and COLORIZED TERRITORIAL Quarters
simple to use $35. (650)347-5104 SWEATER SET, barely worn: Macy's
glass top $65. (650)854-3235 black sweater set, Size M, wool w/gold uncirculated with Holder $15/all,
metalic stripes, $15 set. (650)712-1070 (408)249-3858
COFFEE TABLE - $60., (650)367-1350
TOURQUOISE BLUE party dress, cov- COMFORTERS - 4 Queen, 3 King Com-
NOTICE - INVITING SEALED BIDS FOR COFFEE TABLE - brown, perfect condi- forters, different colors, $10. each,
tion, nice design, with storage, $65., ered w/sequins, sz 14, $15. (650)712-
1070 SOLD!
(650)345-1111
The City of San Bruno (the “City”) will receive sealed bids on the proposal forms furnished by the DOG CAGE/GORILLA - folding
City and in accordance with the plans and specifications on or before Friday, April 15, 2011, 10 COFFEE TABLE light brown lots of stor- 308 Tools large dog cage good condition, 2 door
age good condition $55. (650)867-2720 with tray, $75.,(650)355-8949
AM by the Office of the City Clerk, located at 567 El Camino Real, San Bruno, California 94066, CIRCULAR SAW, Craftsman-brand, 10”,
for the Sneath Lane Pavement And Bicycle Lane Improvements Project (Project # 82664). 4 long x 20” wide. Comes w/ stand - $70. DOOM (3) computer games $15/each 2
COMPUTER DESK $70. (650)367-1350 (650)678-1018 total, (650)367-8949
SCOPE OF WORK: The Work includes but is not limited to, pavement and pavement striping COUCH & LOVESEAT - 3 cushions on
green couch 2 cushions on green love- CLICKER TORQUE wrench 1/2 inch
improvements. The pavement improvement work consists of either the placement of asphalt drive 20-150 LBS reversible all chrome. DOUBLE PANE Windows 48"wide X 34"
seat, $100/all,(650)345-6033
concrete or polymer modified slurry seal over existing pavement streets at various streets in San New. $39. 650-595-3933 Tall W/screens perfect condition vinyl
$75. OBO SOLD
Bruno. The asphalt concrete overlay work generally consists of milling the existing asphalt con-
CREDENZA - $25., (650)255-6652 COMEALONG, 4000 lbs., $20.
crete layer (wedge and conform grind) to the dimensions shown on the plans, placing and com- (650)364-0902 DRAFTING TABLE 3 ft. x 5 ft., fully ad-
pacting a 2-inch overlay with Type A asphalt concrete without paving fabric, pavement base re- DINING CHAIRS (6) $100/all. (650)854- justable: up, down, tilt. $100. (650)364-
DRILL, MAKITA - 12V, w/ case, bits, 0902
pairs, crack sealing, and replacing any impacted traffic detector loops. The polymer modified 3235
batteries, and charger, SOLD!
slurry seal work generally consists of placing slurry seal over existing pavement, pavement base DINING ROOM table $100. (650)854- ELECTRIC HEATER - Oil filled electric
repairs, crack sealing, and replacing any impacted traffic detector loops. The pavement striping 3235 ENGINE ANALYZER & TIMING LITE - heater, 1500 watts, $30., (650)504-3621
Sears Penske USA, for older cars, like
improvements generally includes installing traffic and bicycle lane pavement striping and pave- DINING SET glass table with rod iron & 4 new, $65., (650)344-8549 leave msg.
ment markings. All work items shall be constructed in accordance with the contract plans and blue chairs $100/all ELECTRONIC TYPEWRITER good con-
specifications. Bidding Documents contain the full description of the Work. 650-520-7921/650-245-3661 MACHINIST VISE heavy duty, 6-in. jaws, dition, SOLD!
weight 125 lbs. SOLD!
DISPLAY CASE wood & glass 31 x 19 FIREPLACE SCREEN - 36"wide,
CONTRACT TIME: All work under this contract shall be completed within 60 working days from inches $30. (650)873-4030 NEW 40 Piece Socket Set 3/8" drive re- 29"high, antique brass, folding doors,
the Notice to Proceed effective date. Ten percent (10%) of all work under this contract shall be versible ratchet, metric/SAE, extension, sliding mesh screen, damper
DRAFTING TABLE 30 x 42' with side case, $29, 650-595-3933 controls. Like new. $100., (650)592-2047
completed prior July 1, 2011. tray. excellent cond $75. (650)949-2134
PRESSURE WASHER 2500 PSI, good FRONT END Dash Board from '98 Sono-
END TABLE marble top with drawer with condition, $350., (650)926-9841 ma Truck $50. (650)871-7200
REQUIRED CONTRACTOR’S LICENSE(S): A California Class “A” contractor’s license is re- matching table $70/all. (650)520-0619
quired to bid on this contract. Joint ventures must secure a joint venture license prior to award of RIDGED WET AND DRY VACUUM -16 GAME "BEAT THE EXPERTS" never
this Contract. ENTERTAINMENT CENTER - Oak gallons 5 horse power in box accesso- used $8., (408)249-3858
wood, great condition, glass doors, fits ries included $65., (650)756-7878
large TV, 2 drawers, shelves , $100/obo.
MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING: The City will conduct a mandatory Pre-Bid Conference on (650)261-9681 SPEEDAIR AIR COMPRESSOR - 4 gal- HAIR BLOWERS (2) - One Conair, one
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 10 AM. Please RSVP to 650-616-7065. The Pre-Bid Conference is lon stack tank air compressor $100., Andis Hang Up Turbo, $15. both,
MATTRESSES (2) single, single nice (650)591-4710 (650)525-1410
estimated to last approximately one hour. Only those contractors who attend the Pre-Bid Confer- and clean $100.(650)854-3235
ence will be allowed to submit bids for this project. TABLE SAW 10", very good condition JAMES PATTERSON BOOKS - 2 hard-
METAL BED Frame Adjustable, double, $85. (650) 787-8219 back @$3. each, 4 paperback @ $1.
queen or king. broad rollers save each, (650)341-1861
PROCUREMENT OF BIDDING DOCUMENTS: Bidders may obtain bidding documents from the floors/carpeting, $29, 650-595-3933
Public Services Department, Engineering Division, located at 567 El Camino Real, San Bruno, 309 Office Equipment JANET EVANOVICH BOOKS - 4 hard-
METAL DESK, 7 drawers, 2 shelves, back @$3. each, 3 paperback @$1.
California 94066, for the cost of forty dollars ($40.00), or forty-five dollars ($45.00) if mailed. For gray, 3x5 ft. $50. (650)364-0902 CALCULATOR - (2) heavy duty, Casio &
each, (650)341-1861
information pertaining to the bidding documents, please contact the Public Services Department, Sharp, $35. each, (650)344-8549 leave
METAL FOLDING CHAIRS (37) with msg.
Administration & Engineering at (650) 616-7065. wood seat. All for $90. Old but in good
KIDS GUITAR for 6 years and Up $40,
call (650)375-1550
condition. (650)430-3307. CALCULATOR - Casio, still in box, new,
BID SECURITY: Cash, cashier’s check or certified check, payable to the order of the City of San $25. (650)867-2720 LOUNGE CHAIRS - 2 new, with cover &
Bruno, of not less than ten percent (10%) of the bid, or a bond in said amount payable to the City OFFICE DESK - $25., (650)255-6652 plastic carring case & headrest, $35.
OFFICE LAMP new $8. (650)345-1111 each, (650)592-7483
of San Bruno and signed by the Bidder and a corporate surety shall accompany the bid. PICNIC TABLE round $25. (650)854-
3235
310 Misc. For Sale MASSAGE DEVICE with batteries $8 in
PREVAILING WAGE LAWS: The successful bidder must comply with all prevailing wage laws QUEEN BOX Springs, Lightly used by box, (650)368-3037
applicable to the project, and related requirements contained in the contract documents. lady, pet free smoke free home, only 1 LG .Duffel Bag ,1 Xtra Lg. Duffel w
Wheels, 1 Leather week-ender Satchel, METAL CABINET - 4 drawers, beige
$29, 650-595-3933 16.5 inches W x 27 3/4 H x 27 inches D.
All 3 at $75.00 650 871-7211
Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, April 4 and 9, 2011. $40., San Mateo, (650)341-5347
ROCKING CHAIR - Traditional, full size
Rocking chair. Excellent condition $100., 13 PIECE paint and pad set for home NEW BANQUET table 6ft x 30. $40. Call
(650)504-3621 use $25., (650)589-2893 (650)871-7200.
2X6 REDWOOD Clear Lumber Pieces, 8 NEW LIVING Yoga Tape for Beginners
ROCKING CHAIR for nursing mother or ft. long, for construction $50. (650)364- $8. 650-578-8306
grandmother $75. (650)854-3235 0902
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310 Misc. For Sale
NEW WOOL afghan, colorful, hand-
made, 4x6 ft.. $30. (650)364-0902
NEW YORK Payphone, as it was 50
years ago! SOLD!
PACHIRA PLANT 3ft. H. (Money plant)
with decorative Pot $30. (650)592-2648
SF GREETING Cards (300 w/envelopes)
factory sealed $20/all. (650)207-2712
SLEEPER BLANKET (3) size 4T Soft
$7.50/each. (650)349-6059
SLUMBER REST blue heated throw,
electric, remote, $15., (650)525-1410
SNOW CHAINS - 3 complete sets, sizes
fit rims 13” & 15”, great condition, $30.
all, Burl, (650)347-5104
SOFT BONNET hair drier "Con Air" $20.,
(650)589-2893
Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
ACROSS
1 Cotton swabs
originally called
Baby Gays
6 Actor Guinness
10 More than
stumbled
14 Basic belief
15 Capital
surrounding
Vatican City
16 Falco of “The
Sopranos”
17 Shabby
18 $3 million, 30-sec.
Super Bowl feature
19 Poet __ St.
Vincent Millay
20 Feeling of
uneasiness
23 Jungle swinger
25 Fla. hours
26 Cummerbund fold
27 Hand-held two-
way
communications
device
32 Cheering noisily
33 Mashed luau
staple
34 “M*A*S*H” staff
37 Reprimander’s
“reading”
40 Leave for a bit
43 Mind reader’s
skill, briefly
44 “How beautiful!”
46 Oil refinery input
47 Up-tempo jazz
piano style
51 Ami’s good-bye
54 Tiny bit
55 His-and-__ towels
56 Symbolic
nosegays
61 Isaac’s eldest
62 Knucklehead
63 Close, as a parka
66 Hollywood success
67 Hollywood favorite
68 College town near
Bangor
69 Nanny’s charge
70 Bills with Hamilton
on them
71 Rehab step
DOWN
1 Super Bowl div.
2 Green or black
brew
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310 Misc. For Sale 310 Misc. For Sale 316 Clothes 318 Sports Equipment 379 Open Houses
SPANISH GUITAR 6 strings good condi- TV ARMOIRE - Beige all wood, 3 draw- AUTHENTIC MEXICAN SOMBRERO, PUTTING GOLF Set 8Ft. x 16 inches
tion $80. Call (650)375-1550. ers, plenty of storage, room for tv, vcr, $80., (650)364-0902 $10., (408)249-3858
SPORTS BOOKS, Full of Facts, All
etc., $100., (650)867-2720
BLACK Leather pants Mrs. size made in SPEEDO OPTIMUS Training Fins size
OPEN HOUSE
Sports, Beautiful Collection 5 Volumes,
$25. 650 871-7211 VIDEO CENTER 38 inches H 21 inches
France size 40 $99. (650)558-1975 10-11. Perfect for your training.
call jeff 650-208-5758 $25
LISTINGS
W still in box $60., (408)249-3858 BLACK LEATHER tap shoes 9M great
STRIDE RITE Toddler Sandals, condition $99. (650)558-1975
322 Garage Sales List your Open House
Brown, outsole, Velcro closures, Size WIDE-BODIED VASE -- Colorful, Perfect in the Daily Journal.
6W. Excellent condition, $20., condition, nice design, $25 (650)867- BOOTS - purple leather, size 8, ankle
(650)525-0875 2720 length, $50.obo, (650)592-9141
GREAT LOOKING tops sweaters blous-
THE THRIFT SHOP Reach over 82,500
STRIDE RITE Toddler Sneakers, Navy,
311 Musical Instruments es etc. (20 total) Medium-Large $5/each ALL WOMEN’S CLOTHES potential home buyers &
Natural Motion System™ technology, renters a day,
velcro closures, Size 6?W, Excellent
650-592-2648 ON SALE 50% OFF
2 ORGANS, antique tramp, $500 for Thursday & Friday 10:00-2:00 from South San Francisco
cond, $25, (650) 525-0875 JACKET (LARGE) Pants (small) black
both. (650)342-4537 Saturdays 10:00-3:00 to Palo Alto.
Velvet good cond. $25/all (650)589-2893
STUART WOODS HARDBACK BOOKS Episcopal Church in your local newspaper.
- 3 @$3. each, (650)341-1861 KEYBOARD CASIO 3 ft long $50.
(650)583-2767 1 South El Camino Real
San Mateo 94401
SUIT/COAT HANGERS (14) sturdy good LADIES DOWN jacket light yellow with Call (650)344-5200
quality hardwood unused $1/each or all PIANO VINTAGE - Upright, “Davis & dark brown lining $35. (650)868-0436 (650)344-0921
Sons”, just tuned, $600., (650)678-9007
$10. San Bruno 650-588-1946 LADIES SHOES- size 5, $10., (650)756-
YAMAHA STUDIO PIANO - Perfect con- 6778
dition, $1800., (650)570-5315
380 Real Estate Services
312 Pets & Animals MAN'S BLACK Leather Jacket, Elegant,
fully lined, storm flap, elastic waistband, GARAGE SALES
slash pockets, $99, 650-595-3933
BIRD CAGE 14x14x8 ecellent condition
$25 Daly City, (650)755-9833 MAN’S SUEDE-LIKE jacket, Brown.
ESTATE SALES DISTRESS
New, XXLg. $25. 650 871-7211 Make money, make room!
BORZOI two show prospects, parents on
site, $600 obo., (805)674-0156 MEN'S SHOES
(650)756-6778
- New, size 10, $10.,
List your upcoming garage SALES
DOG CARRIERS - Medium size, $10.
each (2 total, Large $13., SOLD! MEN'S SUIT almost new $25.
sale, moving sale, estate Bank Foreclosures.
650-573-6981 sale, yard sale, rummage $400,000+
315 Wanted to Buy sale, clearance sale, or
MENS SLACKS - 8 pairs, $50., Size Free list with
36/32, (408)420-5646 whatever sale you have...
GO GREEN! WOMAN’S LAMB-SKIN coat, 2/3 length, in the Daily Journal. pictures.
We Buy GOLD size Med. VERY warm, beautiful! $75. PeninsulaRealEstate.info
650 871-7211 Free recorded message
You Get The Reach over 82,500 readers
$ Green $ WOMEN'S CLOTHES extra, extra large
new with tags $50/each, (650)726-7424
from South San Francisco 1(800)754-0569
to Palo Alto. ID# 2042
Millbrae Jewelers in your local newspaper. Dolphin RE
Est. 1957 317 Building Materials
400 Broadway - Millbrae
650-697-2685 22 PIECES of 2x4's, 68" long Call (650)344-5200
$1.00/each (650) 773-7533
HOMES & PROPERTIES
DOUBLE PANED GLASS WINDOWS - The San Mateo Daily Journal’s
316 Clothes various sizes, half moon, like new, $10. weekly Real Estate Section.
and up, (650)756-6778
335 Garden Equipment
Look for it
49' SWEATSHIRT with hood size 8 extra WATER HEATER - 40 gallon Energy
saver electric water heater $50.00 (650) TABLE - for plant, $25., perfect condi- every Friday and Weekend
large $100 obo. (650)346-9992
773-7533 tion, (650)345-1111 to find information on fine homes
and properties throughout
318 Sports Equipment 340 Camera & Photo Equip. the local area.
2 GOLF CLUBS - Ladies, right handed,
putter & driver $5/each (650)755-8238
VR3 BACK UP CAMERA & VR3 backup
sensor $100.00 all, (650) 270-6637 after
6 p.m. only.
GOLF BAG AND CLUBS - Black bag
near new, $10., Mixed clubs $1.00 each, 345 Medical Equipment
3 Fully informed 38 Pigeon’s sound 50 Part of wpm: Abbr. (20 total) SOLD!
CRUTCHES - adult, aluminium, for tall
4 Sampras of 39 Dress (up) 51 “This is only __” person, $30., (650)341-1861
tennis 41 Green prefix 52 Like the trail on a
5 Eyelid problem 42 Athlete who isn’t cattle drive
6 Manet or Monet green? 53 Singer Chris
7 Affectionate bop 45 Stumble across, 57 Change text
8 Key with four
as an idea 58 Pie à la __
sharps: Abbr.
47 Have no doubt 59 Former Lacoste
9 Give up formally
10 Weak 48 “Yes, mon partner
11 Murphy of “48 ami” 60 Dublin’s isle
HRS.” 49 Props for Monet 64 Half of dos
12 Top of a form, and Manet 65 Chicken __
perhaps
13 “It’s the __ I can
ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: 440 Apartments
do” BELMONT - Prime, quiet location, view,
21 Honey maker new carpets, balcony-patio, dishwasher,
covered carports, storage, pool. No pets.
22 Prefix with center 1 bedroom $1295 and up, 2 bedroom
or cycle
$1,595 and up. (650)595-0805 Days or
(650)344-8418 Evenings.
23 Informed (of)
24 Capital on the
BELMONT- 2 bed, 1 bath, 1
Seine Carport, no pets, no smoking,
$1300.mo., (650)492-0625.
28 See 31-Down
29 Lyricist Gershwin
30 __ Angeles 442 Studios
31 With 28-Down,
layered chocolate SAN MATEO - Cottage near downtown
& 101, includes utilities, washer/dryer
bar $975/mo. (650)703-5529
34 Glitch in need of
smoothing out 445 Multi-Plexes for Rent
35 Film with
nakedness SAN CARLOS - 1 bed, 1 bath,
36 Cattle drive critter xwordeditor@aol.com 04/04/11 4-plex, private balcony, storage
room, carport, no pets,
$1255.mo., (650)508-0946
SAN MATEO DOWNTOWN - 4 bed-
room, 2 bath apartment $2,600 month.
(650)773-1409
470 Rooms
GARDEN MOTEL
1690 Broadway
Redwood City, CA 94063
(650)366-4724
Low Daily & Weekly Rooms
Free HBO + Spanish+Sports+Movie
Channels, Free Internet
Daily $45+tax Nite & up
Weekly $250+tax & up
HIP HOUSING
Non-Profit Home Sharing Program
San Mateo County
(650)348-6660
REDWOOD CITY
Sequoia Hotel
800 Main St.,
$600 Monthly
$160. & up per week.
(650)366-9501
(650)279-9811
By John Lampkin
REDWOOD CITY- 1 bedroom with kitch-
04/04/11 en and bath, $995.mo plus $600 deposit,
(c)2011 Tribune Media Services, Inc. RENTED!
24 Monday• April 4, 2011
470 Rooms
Room For Rent
Travel Inn, San Carlos
$49 daily + tax
$280 weekly + tax
Clean Quiet Convenient
Cable TV, WiFi & Private Bathroom
Microwave and Refrigerator
950 El Camino Real San Carlos
(650) 593-3136
ROOMS FOR RENT
Weekly/Extented Stay
Private & Shared Bath
Close to Public Transport
Cable TV, MicroFreeze
Rates $175.60 & up per week
No Pets
287 Lorton Ave.
Burlingame, CA 94010
650-344-6666
620 Automobiles
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AUDI ‘03 A4 1.8 Turbo - 5 speed man-
ual, new clutch, 111K miles, $4500.,
good condition, SOLD
BMW ‘06 325i - low miles, very clean,
loaded, leather interior, $17,000 obo.,
(650)368-6674
CHRYSLER '07 300 Touring, sedan,
3.5L V6, silver, 38K miles, $17,892.
#P7H682180 Melody Toyota, Call 877-
587-8635. Please mention the Daily
Journal
CHRYSLER ‘06 300 Sedan, 28k mi.,
sun roof, excellent condition. $18k.
(650)590-1194
HONDA '06 Civic LX, red, $11,891. #
FA1656EW Melody Toyota, Call 877-
587-8635. Please mention the Daily
Journal
HONDA ‘10 ACCORD LX - 4 door se-
dan, low miles, $19K, (650)573-6981
MERCEDES ‘05 C230 - 40K miles, 4 cyl-
inder, black, $15,000, (650)455-7461
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620 Automobiles
HONDA ‘98 Civic EX coupe red, man-
ual, $4,893. # TWL120399 Melody
Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
tion the Daily Journal
HONDA CIVIC ‘99 EX sedan 4-door,
excellent mechanically, very good body,
$3,400. (650)325-7549
LEXUS '08 ES 350, silver, auto, $26,994
#P82202515 Melody Toyota, Call 877-
587-8635. Please mention the Daily
Journal
MERCEDES ‘01 E-Class E320, sedan,
silver, 76K miles, $9,992. T1B288567
Melody Toyota, Call 877-587-8635.
Please mention the Daily Journal
MERCEDES ‘06 C230 - 6 cylinder, navy
blue, 60K miles, 2 year warranty,
$18,000, (650)455-7461
MERCEDES BENZ ‘04 E320 - Excellent
condition, leather interior, navigation,
77K mi., $15,500 obo, (650)574-1198
SUTTON AUTO SALES
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Call 650-595-DEAL (3325)
Or Stop By Our Lot
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San Carols
TOYOTA ‘03 Camry Solara, white, 69K
miles, $9,994. T3C602658 Melody
Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
tion the Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘03 Corolla, silver, 82K miles,
$9,492. #P3C150154 Melody Toyota,
Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘08 Camry, hybrid, while, 39K
miles, auto, $18,792. P8U044749 Mel-
ody Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please
mention the Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘08 Corolla CE, re, 41K miles,
$11,491. #P8Z956435 Melody Toyota,
Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘08 Prius Touring, sedan, red,
33K miles, $19,894. P83339376 Melody
Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
tion the Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘08 Prius, sedan, silver, 44K
miles, $17,594. P83321845 Melody
Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
tion the Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘08 Yaris, Hatchback, gray,
41K miles, $11,991. P85174835 Melody
Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
tion the Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘09 Camry, hybrid, silver, 34K
miles, auto, $18,792. PR9U105912Melo-
dy Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please
mention the Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘09 Camry, sedan, gray, 25K
miles, $17,994. P9U819487 Melody
Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
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620 Automobiles 630 Trucks & SUV’s 670 Auto Service 672 Auto Stereos
TOYOTA ‘09 Corolla, silver, 26K miles, TOYOTA ‘07 Tacoma, truck access cab,
$14,591. #P99065545 Melody Toyota,
Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
silver, auto, 27K miles, $15,891.
T7Z352191 Melody Toyota, Call 877- C3 FIX CAR MONNEY
Daily Journal 587-8635. Please mention the Daily GRAND OPENING!
Journal
TOYOTA ‘09 Corolla, white, 31K miles,
$15,892. #P9Z130355 Melody Toyota, TOYOTA ‘09 Tacoma, truck access cab,
Oil Change & Filter CAR AUDIO
Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the gray, auto, 23K miles, $18,891. Up to 5 QT Synthetic Blend We Sell, Install and
Daily Journal T9Z615723 Melody Toyota, Call 877- $19.95 + Tax
587-8635. Please mention the Daily Repair All Brands of
TOYOTA ‘99 AVALON sedan, silver, Journal
Plus Waste Fee Car Stereos
174K miles, $5,991. TXU339241 Mel-
ody Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please TOYOTA ‘10 Highlander Limited, V6, Four Wheel Alignment
mention the Daily Journal SUV, 3,287 miles, $35,992. $55.00 iPod & iPhone Wired
#PAS024027 Melody Toyota, Call 877- Special prices apply to most cars + to Any Car for Music
VOLKSWAGEN ‘01 New Beetle GLS 587-8635. Please mention the Daily
1.8L Turbo, green, 69K miles, $6,991. light trucks
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cab, gray , auto, 23K miles, $31,991.
PAZ708253 Melody Toyota, Call 877-
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VOLVO ‘00 V70 XC AWD SE, blue,
122K miles, $7,594. TY2719581 Mel- 587-8635. Please mention the Daily (650)343-3733
Journal 2001 Middlefield Road
ody Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please
mention the Daily Journal Redwood City
635 Vans (650)299-9991
625 Classic Cars CHRYSLER '06 Town and Country van,
670 Auto Parts
blue, 64K miles, $9,492. R6B718466
DATSUN ‘72 - 240Z with Chevy 350, au- 2 SNOW/CABLE chains good condition
tomatic, custom, $5800 or trade. Melody Toyota, Call 877-587-8635.
fits 13-15 inch rims $10/both San Bruno
(650)588-9196 Please mention the Daily Journal 680 Autos Wanted
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HEALTH
Continued from page 1
a mix of financial Band-Aids, economic boo
boos, the occasional emergency transfusion and
ways to balance providing care with the increas-
ing price of doing so. Finding that perfect pre-
scription is the focus in this segment of the Daily
Journal’s series on the candidates and issues in
the race.
The answers come from the candidate pool for
the District One supervisor seat vacated by Mark
Church and set to be filled May 3 by an all-mail
ballot: Richard Holober, president of the San
Mateo County Community College District
Board; Burlingame Mayor Terry Nagel;
Demetrios Nikas; Millbrae Councilwoman Gina
Papan; Dave Pine, trustee of the San Mateo
Union High School District; and Michael
Stogner.
District One includes western San Mateo,
Hillsborough, Burlingame, Millbrae, San Bruno,
South San Francisco east of El Camino Real and
the unincorporated areas of Burlingame Hills,
Highlands/Baywood Park and San Francisco
International Airport. Although the winner repre-
sents the district, he or she is chosen by voters
countywide.
Footing the bill
In several rallies and announcements over the
past year, nurses and staff at the San Mateo
Medical Center have called for lift teams, greater
staffing and security — all things, they say, that
could be funded if the county pushed for greater
reimbursement by state programs like Medi-Cal
and private insurance companies. The difference,
according to them, is approximately $7 million
annually if the hospital were to meet the industry
average.
Holober, who has the backing of the
California Nurses Association and attended at
least one of the county hospital rallies, specif-
ically points to the possible $7 million savings
as an inexcusable missed opportunity for the
county. Holober believes the county must
dedicate more staff to collection efforts or
contract with a company that can.
“If the county is aggressive in seeking pay-
ment for people with insurance, then it will be
possible to upgrade services which in turn enti-
tles the county to a few million dollars in federal
funding,” he said. “That lets us make it a better
hospital.”
County officials say they are aggressive and
“have tried everything” to get bills reimbursed,
said Nagel, referring to a recent conversation she
had with county budget staff on the matter.
“It’s obviously a high priority to maximize our
billing but I don’t know that it is a viable solu-
tion. I don’t know if that is the answer,” Nagel
said.
If somebody brings up the question of billing,
Stogner said he also wants to see a solution. First,
though, he wants to see the data proving the
problem exists. In that case, he “would support
them not leaving those millions on the table.”
Stogner questions the county claiming it is
financially burdened by health care.
“If the money’s not there how’d we just spent
$40 million for buildings?” Stogner asked, refer-
encing a pair of San Carlos properties purchased
earlier this year to house county departments cur-
rently leasing space elsewhere.
Pine said he wants to understand the system
better before making judgment and would like
more information on whether other area hospi-
tals are chipping in to ease the burden of indigent
care.
Nikas, who has publicly said the county’s
budget is his sole concern in running for office,
wants to know if the hospital can become an
enterprise in itself by privatizing.
Medical billing is probably a very real con-
cern, Papan said.
“But is it the answer to everything?” she asked.
She focuses instead on partnerships with other
health care providers, like private hospitals and
Planned Parenthood, to run clinics and offer
options other than the county hospital.
“We have an obligation to provide health care
but we are also going to have to look at new ways
of implementing affordable health care,” Papan
said.
Ready for reform
The less publicized aspects of federal health
care reform tie money to improved institutions,
Holober said.
“Medical providers and hospitals can be win-
ners and this is an opportunity for the county to
actually provide more services through the med-
LOCAL Monday • April 4, 2011 27
ical center,” he said, adding If it believes there is merit, Nikas agrees there is no urgent call for safety
that the county needs to Stogner said he does, too. upgrades over only a couple of cases as long as
focus now on the “about to hospital officials have properly taken care of
become insured.” Health care districts them and stand ready to prevent future incidents.
The goal now, he said, is Health care districts are a But Stogner said there are sometimes hospital
to make the medical center a valuable resource that could patients that should not be admitted without
“hospital of choice rather guards.
possibly be tapped to a
than of last resort.” greater degree to help cover “Any time we have nurses asking for extra pro-
If the hospital can offer tection, it is part of the responsibility of the coun-
the cost of health care for
attractive services at good the county, Pine said. ty,” he said.
pricing, it will draw more Richard Holober Gina Papan
Papan takes the senti- Nagel agrees, at least that sometimes people
clients which in turn will with increased safety concerns are seen in the
ment one step further,
help close the funding short- specifically calling the dis- same facilities as the general public.
fall, Holober said. “It is a difficult problem,” she said, expressing
tricts an option that should
Pine not only wants the be used more to help with hope for “trying to do things in a different way”
county ready for reform but saying it’s not clear what that could be.
care and costs.
when the federal health “We need to look at more Holober thinks the county should take a cue
overhaul kicks in in 2014, he from the college district with better staff training
contributions from hospital
would like to see it be a districts to balance out the and possibly an upgraded e-mail messaging sys-
leader. The county can begin tem to alert people almost instantly if a incident
needs,” she said.
now, he said, to nab precious She acknowledges the of wide importance occurs.
dollars for efforts with lucra- Terry Nagel Dave Pine Although the budget taking front and center
districts are under no legal
tive rewards like making obligation to participate on doesn’t leave much room to mull quality of life
medical records electronic. proposals for Pine, he is interested in looking
any level but thinks there is
Receiving money for those no reason why they and the outside the best to better provide well-rounded
will help alleviate some of care while saving money. He points to an article
county can’t find more
the overall pressure of the mutually beneficial ways to that detailed how one county on the East Coast
county hospital’s financial pinpointed health “hot spots” — in other words,
work together.
burden, he said. “Again, it’s where collab- where the most services were used — and
Papan also said she’s worked across departments and programs to pro-
oration and improving rela-
looking forward to the tionships is important,” she vide care that ultimately lowered medical costs.
health care reform but said. “I find that really fascinating and it’s exactly
knows the county must Demetrios Nikas Michael Stogner The districts have limited the kind of example of things I’d like to look at
begin now to ready for the funding but do provide going forward,” Pine said. “We need new ways
change. Again, answers lie in partnerships and some very important services for the indigent of thinking.”
not just the county going it alone, she said. Holober also places the budget above all other
and by supporting nonprofits who in turn offer
Rather than jump at reform, Nagel opts for a items on the to-do list but said environmental
slower approach while maintaining the county’s aid, Holober said. protection ultimately does save the county
Perhaps expanding the districts’ size to allow a
basic level of service. money. He supports a Styrofoam ban and sup-
“We don’t really know what will happen as a better funding base and therefore a larger chunk ports single-use shopping bag bans for retail
of the responsibility would help but that again is
result of the changes but the main thing to con- chains. Also, having helped the San Mateo
sider is making sure we just don’t do anything a decision for them to make, Holober said. County College District establish housing for its
Nagel also agrees that health care districts
abruptly,” she said. faculty and staff, Holober thinks the model might
should “absolutely” be looked at as a possible be transferable to the county so that workers can
Caring too much? resource. walk rather than commute.
While nobody disputes the county needs — Nagel is excited about projects she’s currently
and is legally obligated — to provide a minimum
Safety and quality implementing in Burlingame but which she
standard of care for its indigent and low-income Despite a series of publicized assaults in the thinks could transfer to the county such as a non-
residents, the gray area comes in deciding just hospital’s acute psychiatric unit last year, none of profit center and the use of retired government
how much should be doled out. The civil grand the candidates said hospital safety seems ques- employees to ease the workload of current staff.
jury last year issued a report suggesting the coun- tionable. There is also a community wish list, possible car
ty consider lowering its level of care as it exceeds “It’s not my sense there are any chronic or sharing and a climate action plan, all of which
the state minimum and that of several other structural problems,” Pine said. she said contributes to residents’ quality of life.
counties.
The idea of taking away care is not an a palat-
able choice but Pine said there must at least be a
discussion about the grand jury’s conclusions as
part of an overall look at very government func-
tion.
“What level of service can we afford?” he
asked. “Our county, to its credit, far exceeds the
legal minimum and is the only county with a
long-term care center. We need to look at
whether we should even be in that business.”
Nagel echoed the sentiment.
“One of the few things we can change is the
level of service we provide and we really need to
explore the ways we deliver it. We have one of
the best cadillac arrays of health services and
maybe in this time of need it’s time to back up
and see what makes sense,” she said.
Like Pine, she questions if the long-term care
center is the best choice for the county and if the
clients might be moved to assisted living at a less
expensive cost.
She also wants to go through the list of health
services the county provides to see what is
untouchable and what, possibly, could be cut.
“Maybe not get rid of dental or preventative
care but podiatry and acupuncture and chiroprac-
tic, maybe,” she said.
If you’re going to be a humanitarian, said
Nikas, “Do you turn people away?”
Yet, he adds, certain patients like those with
ongoing drug and withdrawal issues can become
a strain on the system because of their constant
needs.
Nagel thinks there might be different delivery
models or ways in which other hospitals can
share in the care of the indigent and low-income
populations.
One solution Papan suggests is outsourcing
certain services such as dialysis to providers that
can do it cheaper and outside the county hospital.
“That seems to be a proposal that should be
looked at,” she said.
Holober calls himself “probably the last per-
son who would say downgrade or eliminate
health services for the indigent because I think it
is a very human right.”
Yet, until the federal government provides uni-
versal care, he said, tough conversations about
service and costs can’t be avoided.
Stogner, a self-professed “big fan of the grand
jury,” said he trusts its decision to investigate the
issue of indigent care and its recommendations.